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These Are the Counties in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area with the Most Deaths from COVID-19
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As the omicron variant spreads, new daily cases of COVID-19 have hit new highs in the United States and the virus continues to claim lives. So far, 880,580 Americans have died from the virus — more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined.
In the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metropolitan area, which covers parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, a total of 6,856 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 193 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 269 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 Minneapolis metro area comprises 16 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Mille Lacs County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Mille Lacs County stands at 400 for every 100,000 people.
Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area, Mille Lacs 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 Feb. 2, 2022.
Rank | Geography | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths | Confirmed cases per 100,000 people | Total confirmed cases |
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1 | Mille Lacs County, MN | 400 | 103 | 25,999 | 6,689 |
2 | Isanti County, MN | 275 | 107 | 24,072 | 9,382 |
3 | Ramsey County, MN | 229 | 1,240 | 21,151 | 114,533 |
4 | Wright County, MN | 216 | 287 | 25,694 | 34,108 |
5 | Anoka County, MN | 212 | 735 | 26,420 | 91,790 |
6 | Chisago County, MN | 206 | 113 | 24,125 | 13,203 |
7 | Hennepin County, MN | 191 | 2,362 | 22,355 | 276,191 |
8 | Sherburne County, MN | 178 | 166 | 27,505 | 25,643 |
9 | Washington County, MN | 173 | 439 | 24,221 | 61,357 |
10 | Dakota County, MN | 170 | 710 | 24,259 | 101,450 |
11 | Le Sueur County, MN | 168 | 47 | 21,284 | 5,956 |
12 | Pierce County, WI | 161 | 67 | 26,159 | 10,883 |
13 | Scott County, MN | 160 | 230 | 25,972 | 37,237 |
14 | Sibley County, MN | 154 | 23 | 21,607 | 3,222 |
15 | St. Croix County, WI | 146 | 128 | 26,404 | 23,214 |
16 | Carver County, MN | 99 | 99 | 24,371 | 24,472 |
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