Special Report
This is the County in the Columbus, OH Metro Area with the Most Deaths from COVID-19
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The ongoing spread of the delta variant is claiming lives and threatening a return to normalcy in the United States. So far, 644,318 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 Columbus metropolitan area, located in Ohio, a total of 2,507 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 122 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 197 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 Columbus metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Hocking County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Hocking County stands at 225 for every 100,000 people.
Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Columbus metro area, Hocking 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 Sept. 8, 2021.
These are all the counties in Ohio 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 |
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1 | Hocking County, OH | 225 | 64 | 9,023 | 2,571 |
2 | Pickaway County, OH | 219 | 126 | 17,010 | 9,767 |
3 | Madison County, OH | 150 | 66 | 11,410 | 5,019 |
4 | Fairfield County, OH | 140 | 214 | 12,310 | 18,823 |
5 | Perry County, OH | 139 | 50 | 10,188 | 3,666 |
6 | Licking County, OH | 135 | 232 | 10,955 | 18,875 |
7 | Morrow County, OH | 134 | 47 | 9,558 | 3,343 |
8 | Franklin County, OH | 119 | 1,519 | 11,202 | 142,864 |
9 | Union County, OH | 88 | 49 | 11,992 | 6,674 |
10 | Delaware County, OH | 71 | 140 | 10,641 | 20,963 |
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