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 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News metropolitan area, which covers parts of Virginia and North Carolina, a total of 3,841 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 223 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 Virginia Beach metro area comprises 16 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Portsmouth, an independent city, has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Portsmouth stands at 356 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News metro area, Portsmouth 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 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	Portsmouth City, VA	356	339	23,884	22,764
2	Suffolk City, VA	348	310	23,313	20,786
3	Isle of Wight County, VA	327	119	21,841	7,944
4	Mathews County, VA	307	27	18,622	1,638
5	Gloucester County, VA	285	106	21,442	7,968
6	Poquoson City, VA	249	30	21,331	2,568
7	Hampton City, VA	248	336	23,334	31,637
8	Newport News City, VA	228	411	22,754	40,990
9	Chesapeake City, VA	216	514	23,241	55,272
10	Norfolk City, VA	196	482	19,009	46,684
11	Virginia Beach City, VA	188	847	22,146	99,686
12	Gates County, NC	173	20	17,703	2,047
13	James City County, VA	173	128	23,531	17,449
14	York County, VA	166	112	16,768	11,333
15	Williamsburg City, VA	156	23	13,234	1,957
16	Currituck County, NC	143	37	21,085	5,439

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