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.

These are all the counties in Missouri 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	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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