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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metropolitan area, which covers parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, a total of 7,669 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 216 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 Minneapolis metro area comprises 16 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Mille Lacs County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Mille Lacs County stands at 455 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area, Mille Lacs 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 Minnesota 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	Mille Lacs County, MN	455	117	29,703	7,642
2	Isanti County, MN	308	120	27,449	10,698
3	Ramsey County, MN	254	1,375	25,688	139,101
4	Anoka County, MN	233	810	30,584	106,257
5	Wright County, MN	233	309	29,133	38,672
6	Chisago County, MN	219	120	28,381	15,532
7	Hennepin County, MN	214	2,645	27,423	338,802
8	Sherburne County, MN	196	183	30,801	28,716
9	Washington County, MN	196	496	29,084	73,675
10	Dakota County, MN	192	803	29,016	121,346
11	Scott County, MN	186	266	30,371	43,543
12	Le Sueur County, MN	182	51	24,258	6,788
13	St. Croix County, WI	176	155	30,810	27,087
14	Pierce County, WI	175	73	29,611	12,319
15	Sibley County, MN	174	26	25,174	3,754
16	Carver County, MN	120	120	28,927	29,047

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