Special Report

This Is the County in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area with the Most Deaths from COVID-19

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Samuel Stebbins
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Though cases of the omicron variant appear to have peaked in the United States, the virus continues to claim lives. So far, more than 900,000 Americans have died from the virus — more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined.

In the New York-Newark-Jersey City metropolitan area, which covers parts of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, a total of 77,085 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 386 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 275 deaths have been attributed to the virus per 100,000 people.

The higher than average per capita COVID-19 death rate across the metro area is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader New York metro area comprises 25 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Bronx County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Bronx County stands at 525 for every 100,000 people.

With the highest per capita death rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area, Bronx 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 Feb. 9, 2022.

These are all the counties in New York 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 Bronx County, NY 525 7,542 27,917 401,414
2 Queens County, NY 501 11,509 27,312 627,771
3 Kings County, NY 476 12,370 26,072 678,071
4 Ocean County, NJ 471 2,787 26,630 157,636
5 Richmond County, NY 464 2,202 34,284 162,542
6 Passaic County, NJ 448 2,257 27,887 140,561
7 Essex County, NJ 440 3,493 26,016 206,450
8 Union County, NJ 406 2,247 25,034 138,455
9 Hudson County, NJ 395 2,644 24,716 165,261
10 Bergen County, NJ 359 3,341 23,097 214,804
11 Middlesex County, NJ 337 2,785 22,394 185,129
12 Monmouth County, NJ 330 2,056 25,527 159,135
13 New York County,, NY 322 5,252 24,259 396,020
14 Sussex County, NJ 309 440 23,095 32,864
15 Morris County, NJ 298 1,475 23,134 114,370
16 Orange County, NY 290 1,096 28,286 106,987
17 Somerset County, NJ 288 950 19,771 65,279
18 Suffolk County, NY 287 4,267 28,147 418,796
19 Nassau County, NY 277 3,754 29,063 394,261
20 Rockland County, NY 273 884 27,879 90,239
21 Westchester County, NY 273 2,643 25,173 243,878
22 Dutchess County, NY 213 625 21,194 62,287
23 Hunterdon County, NJ 205 256 18,932 23,675
24 Pike County, PA 162 90 17,271 9,585
25 Putnam County, NY 121 120 23,209 22,993

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