Special Report
This Is the County in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area with the Most Deaths from COVID-19
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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 Waterloo-Cedar Falls metropolitan area, located in Iowa, a total of 619 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 364 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 Waterloo metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Black Hawk County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Black Hawk County stands at 370 for every 100,000 people.
Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls metro area, Black Hawk 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 Iowa 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 | Black Hawk County, IA | 370 | 492 | 26,033 | 34,626 |
| 2 | Grundy County, IA | 357 | 44 | 21,603 | 2,666 |
| 3 | Bremer County, IA | 335 | 83 | 23,384 | 5,795 |
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