This is the County in Missouri Where the Most People Have Died of COVID-19
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For reference, across all of Missouri, the population-adjusted coronavirus death toll stands at 141 for every 100,000 people.
Just as the population-adjusted death toll in Grundy County exceeds that of the state as a whole, it is also higher than the comparable national figure. To date, 557,415 Americans have died of COVID-19- related causes, equal to about 170 deaths per 100,000 people.
As is often the case in places with higher than average coronavirus fatalities per capita, confirmed cases of the virus per capita are also higher in Grundy County than they are across much of the rest of the state. The cumulative, population-adjusted number of infections in the county stands at 10,051 per 100,000 people, higher than the comparable rate across all of Missouri of 9,547 for every 100,000 people.
Counties and county equivalents where COVID-19 deaths per capita are relatively high are often home to larger populations of individuals at increased risk of severe illness if they are infected. One such group is retirement-age Americans. People 65 and older are at least 90 times more likely to die from the novel coronavirus, if infected, than those in the 18 to 29 age range. With the highest COVID-19 mortality rate per capita in the state, Grundy County is also home to a relatively large retirement-age population. An estimated 21.7% of county residents are 65 or older, compared to the 16.5% share of all Missouri residents.
Though the U.S. has one of the highest per capita COVID-19 death rates in the world, Americans infected with the virus today appear more likely to survive than those who were infected earlier in the pandemic. Medical care providers now have months of experience treating COVID-19, and over that period have established more effective practices in treating the disease. According to one study conducted by researchers at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine released in October, the chances of death among critically ill patients was 18 percentage points lower in August 2020 than it was in March.
Inoculations against the coronavirus, which are well underway in the United States, will also slow the death rate. Encouragingly, Grundy County has not reported a single COVID-19 related death in the past week.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of April 14, 2021.
These are all the counties in Missouri where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).
Rank in state Place County COVID deaths per 100,000 people Total COVID deaths County COVID cases per 100,000 people Total COVID cases 1 Grundy 339 34 10,051 1,009 2 Clinton 317 65 9,993 2,046 3 Gentry 300 20 12,573 838 4 Gasconade 298 44 10,688 1,576 5 Phelps 284 127 8,453 3,786 6 Holt 269 12 9,762 435 7 Livingston 265 40 11,482 1,731 8 Carroll 260 23 12,077 1,068 9 DeKalb 247 31 9,177 1,153 10 New Madrid 241 43 11,886 2,117 11 Sullivan 222 14 13,646 862 12 Audrain 221 57 10,767 2,771 13 Miller 216 54 10,092 2,528 14 Scott 214 83 12,187 4,720 15 Morgan 214 43 8,482 1,708 16 St. Louis 211 2,110 9,473 94,605 17 Dade 211 16 7,602 577 18 Lawrence 210 80 8,992 3,429 19 Vernon 208 43 9,632 1,993 20 Mississippi 204 28 10,532 1,448 21 Douglas 202 27 6,737 901 22 Washington 197 49 10,998 2,742 23 Jasper 195 232 12,951 15,443 24 Moniteau 194 31 11,142 1,778 25 Laclede 192 68 9,198 3,266 26 Camden 191 86 8,976 4,048 27 Pettis 184 78 12,039 5,101 28 Ozark 184 17 7,352 679 29 Henry 175 38 9,276 2,019 30 Franklin 174 179 10,265 10,550 31 Lafayette 172 56 9,491 3,093 32 Pemiscot 170 29 9,107 1,551 33 St. Francois 169 112 13,304 8,826 34 Cape Girardeau 169 132 11,418 8,943 35 Taney 168 92 9,552 5,227 36 Bates 165 27 8,129 1,331 37 Saline 164 38 12,540 2,897 38 Wright 164 30 8,522 1,559 39 Harrison 164 14 10,837 927 40 Hickory 160 15 6,896 646 41 Buchanan 159 142 10,438 9,298 42 Greene 159 459 9,680 27,921 43 Cole 159 122 11,846 9,091 44 Benton 158 30 8,816 1,674 45 Dallas 158 26 7,625 1,258 46 Perry 157 30 11,371 2,177 47 Marion 153 44 12,720 3,647 48 Cooper 153 27 10,861 1,914 49 Crawford 148 36 10,527 2,556 50 St. Louis city 147 459 7,419 23,093 51 Shannon 146 12 7,228 596 52 Carter 145 9 8,924 553 53 Cedar 143 20 7,849 1,094 54 Jackson 141 975 11,672 80,770 55 Webster 139 53 9,317 3,548 56 Schuyler 133 6 7,397 333 57 Daviess 132 11 8,889 738 58 Madison 131 16 13,396 1,635 59 Stone 130 41 7,593 2,394 60 Newton 127 74 9,080 5,285 61 Monroe 127 11 11,775 1,019 62 Barry 127 45 8,168 2,899 63 Stoddard 125 37 8,461 2,497 64 Pike 124 23 9,752 1,803 65 Caldwell 122 11 8,609 779 66 Randolph 120 30 10,796 2,693 67 Lewis 120 12 10,452 1,048 68 Ray 118 27 8,587 1,960 69 Barton 118 14 9,848 1,167 70 Ralls 117 12 10,375 1,060 71 Shelby 115 7 9,734 590 72 St. Charles 115 448 10,782 42,050 73 McDonald 114 26 10,361 2,365 74 Atchison 114 6 8,444 445 75 Nodaway 111 25 11,851 2,672 76 Dent 110 17 6,108 947 77 Ripley 110 15 7,865 1,077 78 Howell 107 43 8,763 3,514 79 Jefferson 106 237 10,165 22,698 80 Christian 106 89 9,921 8,361 81 Callaway 105 47 10,968 4,918 82 Polk 105 33 10,428 3,290 83 Andrew 103 18 10,831 1,885 84 Clark 103 7 9,897 673 85 Osage 103 14 12,005 1,635 86 Cass 101 104 8,860 9,097 88 Linn 98 12 9,979 1,216 89 Macon 98 15 10,443 1,593 90 Bollinger 98 12 9,201 1,130 91 Pulaski 97 51 6,583 3,462 92 Montgomery 95 11 9,000 1,039 93 Butler 94 40 9,805 4,190 94 Chariton 93 7 8,919 673 95 Johnson 91 49 9,223 4,952 96 Maries 90 8 7,170 637 97 Texas 90 23 7,144 1,834 98 Ste. Genevieve 90 16 10,184 1,820 99 St. Clair 85 8 8,451 793 100 Putnam 83 4 6,168 297 101 Wayne 83 11 7,822 1,041 103 Adair 75 19 9,500 2,406 104 Howard 69 7 10,521 1,064 105 Dunklin 69 21 9,195 2,798 106 Clay 69 164 4,144 9,912 107 Warren 62 21 9,107 3,088 108 Scotland 61 3 6,309 309 109 Iron 59 6 8,835 903 110 Mercer 55 2 8,324 305 111 Knox 51 2 9,744 385 112 Boone 50 89 10,040 17,722 113 Reynolds 48 3 6,097 385 114 Platte 47 46 4,164 4,115 115 Oregon 28 3 7,945 850