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These Are the Counties in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area with the Most Deaths from COVID-19
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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 Knoxville metropolitan area, located in Tennessee, a total of 1,792 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 206 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 217 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 Knoxville metro area comprises nine counties or county equivalents — and of them, Roane County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Roane County stands at 278 for every 100,000 people.
Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Knoxville metro area, Roane 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.
Rank | Geography | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths | Confirmed cases per 100,000 people | Total confirmed cases |
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1 | Roane County, TN | 278 | 147 | 18,366 | 9,715 |
2 | Anderson County, TN | 276 | 209 | 16,639 | 12,608 |
3 | Grainger County, TN | 265 | 61 | 18,407 | 4,236 |
4 | Union County, TN | 218 | 42 | 15,467 | 2,984 |
5 | Morgan County, TN | 213 | 46 | 17,179 | 3,710 |
6 | Blount County, TN | 193 | 248 | 18,096 | 23,243 |
7 | Knox County, TN | 191 | 872 | 16,832 | 76,787 |
8 | Campbell County, TN | 189 | 75 | 17,240 | 6,842 |
9 | Loudon County, TN | 178 | 92 | 17,351 | 8,955 |
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