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 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metropolitan area, located in Tennessee, a total of 5,779 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 310 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 310 deaths have been attributed to the virus per 100,000 people.

Though COVID-19 deaths per capita in the metro area are closely in line with comparable national rate, there are parts of the city where this is not the case.

The broader Nashville metro area comprises 14 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Macon County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Macon County stands at 622 for every 100,000 people.

With the highest per capita death rate in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area, Macon 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 Tennessee 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	Macon County, TN	622	146	37,536	8,816
2	Cannon County, TN	487	68	31,554	4,410
3	Trousdale County, TN	481	46	45,221	4,329
4	Dickson County, TN	473	246	32,036	16,655
5	Hickman County, TN	450	111	29,115	7,185
6	Robertson County, TN	448	311	32,464	22,512
7	Smith County, TN	447	87	32,948	6,411
8	Sumner County, TN	413	742	31,417	56,385
9	Maury County, TN	393	353	34,045	30,564
10	Wilson County, TN	375	498	33,424	44,341
11	Cheatham County, TN	316	126	28,688	11,455
12	Rutherford County, TN	299	917	33,046	101,493
13	Davidson County, TN	250	1,713	30,375	207,767
14	Williamson County, TN	190	415	30,605	66,917

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