Special Report

This Is the County in the Richmond, VA Metro Area with the Most Deaths from COVID-19

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Samuel Stebbins
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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 Richmond metropolitan area, located in Virginia, a total of 3,506 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 274 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, this is not the case in some parts of the city.

The broader Richmond metro area comprises 17 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Colonial Heights, an independent city, has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Colonial Heights stands at 574 for every 100,000 people.

With the highest per capita death rate in the Richmond metro area, Colonial Heights ranks among the top 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 Virginia 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 Colonial Heights City, VA 574 101 30,569 5,378
2 Hopewell City, VA 531 119 29,338 6,574
3 Amelia County, VA 459 59 22,421 2,882
4 Petersburg City, VA 446 142 27,555 8,770
5 Charles City County, VA 415 29 18,170 1,271
6 Sussex County, VA 374 43 22,453 2,579
7 Dinwiddie County, VA 336 95 21,005 5,946
8 Henrico County, VA 295 961 23,054 75,074
9 Caroline County, VA 295 89 25,106 7,578
10 Hanover County, VA 281 293 23,299 24,336
11 King William County, VA 273 45 24,283 4,006
12 Goochland County, VA 240 54 20,483 4,605
13 Richmond City, VA 231 518 22,899 51,244
14 Chesterfield County, VA 230 782 24,560 83,369
15 Powhatan County, VA 217 62 19,556 5,588
16 Prince George County, VA 211 80 25,355 9,608
17 New Kent County, VA 161 34 24,224 5,112

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