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 Harrisburg-Carlisle metropolitan area, located in Pennsylvania, a total of 2,085 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 367 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 Harrisburg metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Perry County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Perry County stands at 412 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area, Perry 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.

These are all the counties in Pennsylvania 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	Perry County, PA	412	189	20,164	9,260
2	Cumberland County, PA	369	913	22,204	54,939
3	Dauphin County, PA	358	983	22,992	63,116

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