Special Report
This is the County in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metropolitan area, which covers parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, a total of 13,458 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 222 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 197 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 Philadelphia metro area comprises 11 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Salem County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Salem County stands at 306 for every 100,000 people.
With the highest per capita death rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area, Salem County ranks among the top 25% 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.
Rank | Geography | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths | Confirmed cases per 100,000 people | Total confirmed cases |
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1 | Salem County, NJ | 306 | 194 | 10,710 | 6,783 |
2 | Camden County, NJ | 269 | 1,365 | 12,060 | 61,189 |
3 | Delaware County, PA | 256 | 1,441 | 10,027 | 56,505 |
4 | Philadelphia County, PA | 244 | 3,838 | 10,581 | 166,713 |
5 | Gloucester County, NJ | 230 | 669 | 11,641 | 33,857 |
6 | Bucks County, PA | 215 | 1,348 | 10,492 | 65,718 |
7 | Montgomery County, PA | 214 | 1,759 | 9,330 | 76,629 |
8 | Burlington County, NJ | 203 | 904 | 11,014 | 49,164 |
9 | New Castle County, DE | 169 | 940 | 12,817 | 71,154 |
10 | Chester County, PA | 162 | 838 | 8,548 | 44,205 |
11 | Cecil County, MD | 158 | 162 | 7,091 | 7,269 |
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