Special Report

This Is the County in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area with the Most Deaths from COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 22, 2022 3:15 am

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 Spokane-Spokane Valley metropolitan area, located in Washington, a total of 1,632 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 294 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 Spokane metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Stevens County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Stevens County stands at 344 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area, Stevens 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.

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