Special Report

This Is the County in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area with the Most Deaths from COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 22, 2022 3:45 am

More than 1 million Americans have died from COVID-19 – more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined.

In the Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan area, located in North Carolina, a total of 716 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 128 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 310 deaths have been attributed to the virus per 100,000 people.

Though deaths attributable to the virus are less common across the metro area than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area have more deaths per capita than others.

The broader Durham metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Person County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Person County stands at 282 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area, Person County ranks among the middle 50% of all U.S. counties or county equivalents by COVID-19 death rate per capita.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of July 19, 2022.

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