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 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 16,090 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 237 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, this is not the case in some parts of the city.

The broader Houston metro area comprises nine counties or county equivalents — and of them, Liberty County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Liberty County stands at 495 for every 100,000 people.

With the highest per capita death rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metro area, Liberty 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 Texas 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	Liberty County, TX	495	405	23,676	19,382
2	Brazoria County, TX	280	991	28,950	102,484
3	Galveston County, TX	263	860	32,347	105,804
4	Austin County, TX	254	75	21,032	6,218
5	Harris County, TX	240	11,063	24,367	1,121,510
6	Montgomery County, TX	235	1,304	27,581	152,922
7	Waller County, TX	216	108	20,621	10,308
8	Chambers County, TX	174	70	27,514	11,086
9	Fort Bend County, TX	164	1,214	28,729	212,403

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