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 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton metropolitan area, located in Pennsylvania, a total of 2,345 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 421 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 310 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 Scranton metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Luzerne County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Luzerne County stands at 449 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton metro area, Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania 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	Luzerne County, PA	449	1,428	25,322	80,495
2	Wyoming County, PA	410	113	20,335	5,610
3	Lackawanna County, PA	380	804	23,066	48,775

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