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This Is the County in the Kansas City, MO-KS 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 Kansas City metropolitan area, which covers parts of Missouri and Kansas, a total of 5,934 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 282 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 Kansas City metro area comprises 14 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Clinton County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Clinton County stands at 596 for every 100,000 people.
With the highest per capita death rate in the Kansas City metro area, Clinton County ranks among the top 10% 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 | Clinton County, MO | 596 | 122 | 24,234 | 4,962 |
| 2 | Bates County, MO | 592 | 97 | 23,666 | 3,875 |
| 3 | Caldwell County, MO | 431 | 39 | 19,704 | 1,783 |
| 4 | Lafayette County, MO | 420 | 137 | 25,012 | 8,151 |
| 5 | Ray County, MO | 416 | 95 | 23,750 | 5,421 |
| 6 | Jackson County, MO | 372 | 2,576 | 32,646 | 225,914 |
| 7 | Linn County, KS | 332 | 32 | 30,752 | 2,963 |
| 8 | Cass County, MO | 311 | 319 | 25,798 | 26,489 |
| 9 | Wyandotte County, KS | 304 | 500 | 30,044 | 49,376 |
| 10 | Miami County, KS | 302 | 100 | 25,185 | 8,343 |
| 11 | Leavenworth County, KS | 247 | 198 | 26,036 | 20,840 |
| 12 | Johnson County, KS | 213 | 1,248 | 27,169 | 159,075 |
| 13 | Clay County, MO | 154 | 369 | 12,081 | 28,894 |
| 14 | Platte County, MO | 103 | 102 | 11,320 | 11,187 |
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