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 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metropolitan area, located in Connecticut, a total of 3,980 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 329 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 Hartford metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Hartford County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Hartford County stands at 358 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area, Hartford 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 Connecticut 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	Hartford County, CT	358	3,206	22,647	202,630
2	Middlesex County, CT	299	489	20,366	33,272
3	Tolland County, CT	188	285	15,836	23,955

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