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, 719,694 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 13,989 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 230 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 220 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 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 317 for every 100,000 people.
Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area, Salem 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. 20, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths | Confirmed cases per 100,000 people | Total confirmed cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salem County, NJ | 317 | 201 | 12,078 | 7,650 |
| 2 | Camden County, NJ | 281 | 1,425 | 13,209 | 67,018 |
| 3 | Delaware County, PA | 264 | 1,488 | 10,831 | 61,037 |
| 4 | Philadelphia County, PA | 252 | 3,966 | 11,344 | 178,723 |
| 5 | Gloucester County, NJ | 246 | 715 | 12,950 | 37,665 |
| 6 | Bucks County, PA | 224 | 1,404 | 11,473 | 71,862 |
| 7 | Montgomery County, PA | 222 | 1,824 | 10,196 | 83,740 |
| 8 | Burlington County, NJ | 210 | 937 | 12,043 | 53,754 |
| 9 | New Castle County, DE | 178 | 989 | 14,377 | 79,813 |
| 10 | Cecil County, MD | 170 | 174 | 8,348 | 8,558 |
| 11 | Chester County, PA | 167 | 866 | 9,557 | 49,427 |
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