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 Killeen-Temple metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 1,221 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 279 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 Killeen metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Lampasas County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Lampasas County stands at 451 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Killeen-Temple metro area, Lampasas 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.

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	Lampasas County, TX	451	93	27,965	5,772
2	Coryell County, TX	284	214	24,458	18,439
3	Bell County, TX	267	914	21,004	71,883

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