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 Lafayette-West Lafayette metropolitan area, located in Indiana, a total of 506 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 232 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 Lafayette metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Carroll County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Carroll County stands at 350 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area, Carroll 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 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	Carroll County, IN	350	70	21,967	4,392
2	Benton County, IN	265	23	29,918	2,593
3	Tippecanoe County, IN	218	413	28,756	54,433

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