Special Report
This Is the County in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area with the Most Deaths from COVID-19
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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 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metropolitan area, located in North Carolina, a total of 1,407 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 385 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 Hickory metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Catawba County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Catawba County stands at 393 for every 100,000 people.
Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area, Catawba 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.
| Rank | Geography | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths | Confirmed cases per 100,000 people | Total confirmed cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catawba County, NC | 393 | 616 | 32,477 | 50,901 |
| 2 | Alexander County, NC | 391 | 145 | 29,133 | 10,814 |
| 3 | Caldwell County, NC | 382 | 312 | 29,091 | 23,790 |
| 4 | Burke County, NC | 372 | 334 | 29,713 | 26,656 |
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