Special Report

These Are the Counties in the Springfield, MO Metro Area with the Most Deaths from COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: October 15, 2021 4:45 am

Following a months long surge driven by the delta variant, new daily cases of COVID-19 are falling once again in the United States. Still, the virus continues to claim lives. So far, 710,757 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 Springfield metropolitan area, located in Missouri, a total of 991 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 216 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 217 deaths have been attributed to the virus per 100,000 people.

Though COVID-19 deaths per capita in the metro area are closely in line with comparable national rate, there are parts of the city where this is not the case.

The broader Springfield metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Dallas County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Dallas County stands at 242 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Springfield metro area, Dallas 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 Oct. 13, 2021.

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