This Is the County in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area with the Most Deaths from COVID-19

Special Report

Published: July 22, 2022 5:30 am

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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson metropolitan area, located in Indiana, a total of 6,657 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 332 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 Indianapolis metro area comprises 11 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Madison County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Madison County stands at 508 for every 100,000 people.

With the highest per capita death rate in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson metro area, Madison 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 Indiana 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	Madison County, IN	508	658	26,520	34,345
2	Morgan County, IN	417	291	24,863	17,336
3	Shelby County, IN	414	184	32,408	14,389
4	Brown County, IN	412	62	18,126	2,725
5	Johnson County, IN	409	620	29,488	44,693
6	Hancock County, IN	358	264	29,642	21,885
7	Hendricks County, IN	347	559	26,689	42,954
8	Putnam County, IN	346	130	25,994	9,763
9	Marion County, IN	320	3,022	25,239	238,386
10	Boone County, IN	297	191	25,180	16,196
11	Hamilton County, IN	214	676	27,844	88,013

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