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This Is the County in the Oklahoma City, OK 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 Oklahoma City metropolitan area, located in Oklahoma, a total of 4,398 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 321 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 Oklahoma City metro area comprises seven counties or county equivalents — and of them, Grady County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Grady County stands at 451 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Oklahoma City metro area, Grady 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 Oklahoma 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 Grady County, OK 451 247 25,858 14,153
2 Lincoln County, OK 407 142 23,472 8,181
3 McClain County, OK 357 138 31,410 12,135
4 Logan County, OK 352 162 24,735 11,389
5 Oklahoma County,, OK 318 2,490 26,720 208,965
6 Cleveland County, OK 298 826 30,121 83,356
7 Canadian County, OK 287 393 30,339 41,476

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