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This Is the County in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area with the Most Deaths from COVID-19

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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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