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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metropolitan area, which covers parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, a total of 18,606 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 307 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 Philadelphia metro area comprises 11 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Salem County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Salem County stands at 398 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area, Salem 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 New Jersey 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	Salem County, NJ	398	252	24,645	15,609
2	Camden County, NJ	366	1,857	27,869	141,400
3	Gloucester County, NJ	339	987	26,729	77,742
4	Delaware County, PA	338	1,902	21,760	122,621
5	Philadelphia County, PA	323	5,090	21,552	339,558
6	Bucks County, PA	314	1,964	21,687	135,843
7	Montgomery County, PA	291	2,388	20,986	172,362
8	Burlington County, NJ	281	1,256	26,321	117,487
9	New Castle County, DE	263	1,459	29,576	164,184
10	Cecil County, MD	256	262	16,764	17,186
11	Chester County, PA	230	1,189	19,829	102,548

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