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 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin metropolitan area, located in South Carolina, a total of 3,965 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 449 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 310 deaths have been attributed to the virus per 100,000 people.

The higher than average per capita COVID-19 death rate across the metro area is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Greenville metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Pickens County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Pickens County stands at 521 for every 100,000 people.

With the highest per capita death rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin metro area, Pickens County ranks among the top 25% 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.

These are all the counties in South Carolina where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Rank	Geography	Deaths per 100,000 people	Total deaths	Confirmed cases per 100,000 people	Total confirmed cases
1	Pickens County, SC	521	639	39,024	47,901
2	Anderson County, SC	513	1,005	30,809	60,384
3	Laurens County, SC	445	297	29,146	19,443
4	Greenville County, SC	406	2,024	36,412	181,479

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