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 Raleigh metropolitan area, located in North Carolina, a total of 1,714 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 132 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 310 deaths have been attributed to the virus per 100,000 people.

Though deaths attributable to the virus are less common across the metro area than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area have more deaths per capita than others.

The broader Raleigh metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Johnston County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Johnston County stands at 241 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Raleigh metro area, Johnston County ranks among the bottom 25% 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 North Carolina 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	Johnston County, NC	241	461	33,880	64,769
2	Franklin County, NC	126	82	34,908	22,656
3	Wake County, NC	112	1,171	32,365	338,721

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