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This Is the County in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area with the Most Deaths from COVID-19
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As the omicron variant spreads, new daily cases of COVID-19 have hit new highs in the United States and the virus continues to claim lives. So far, 862,863 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metropolitan area, which covers parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, a total of 21,690 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 227 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 264 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 Chicago metro area comprises 14 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Newton County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Newton County stands at 435 for every 100,000 people.
With the highest per capita death rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area, Newton 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 Jan. 26, 2022.
Rank | Geography | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths | Confirmed cases per 100,000 people | Total confirmed cases |
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1 | Newton County, IN | 435 | 61 | 17,099 | 2,397 |
2 | Jasper County, IN | 347 | 116 | 25,298 | 8,462 |
3 | Kenosha County, WI | 323 | 544 | 24,679 | 41,542 |
4 | Lake County, IN | 313 | 1,523 | 20,978 | 102,130 |
5 | Porter County, IN | 283 | 476 | 20,907 | 35,132 |
6 | Cook County, IL | 249 | 13,013 | 20,357 | 1,063,411 |
7 | Grundy County, IL | 236 | 119 | 23,622 | 11,931 |
8 | Will County, IL | 196 | 1,348 | 22,048 | 151,843 |
9 | Kane County, IL | 191 | 1,012 | 21,854 | 116,009 |
10 | Lake County, IL | 172 | 1,209 | 19,263 | 135,535 |
11 | DuPage County, IL | 167 | 1,554 | 20,657 | 192,468 |
12 | DeKalb County, IL | 165 | 172 | 20,268 | 21,119 |
13 | McHenry County, IL | 131 | 402 | 22,157 | 68,197 |
14 | Kendall County, IL | 113 | 141 | 22,659 | 28,239 |
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