Here Is What One Million Covid Deaths In The U.S. Looks Like

According to estimates from the CDC, the United States is close to one million deaths from Covid-19.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Covid-19 has been listed as the underlying cause of death on at least 90% of death certificates since February 2020. The train of events leading directly to death was initiated by the disease.

For the past two years, Covid-19 has killed more Americans than any other. According to the CDC, over half a million Americans died from the disease in the years of 2020 and 2021, accounting for 13.3% and 10.4% of all deaths, respectively. sweeping terms that cover many diseases killed more. More than 150,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the last four years, making it one of the top ten leading causes of death in recent years.

More than 150,000 people have already died from Covid-19 in 2022

Despite frequent comparisons to the flu in order to downplay the threat of the pandemic, Covid-19 has already killed more people in a little over two years than flu does in a decade. Between 2010 and 2020, 360,000 people died from seasonal flu in the U.S. according to the CDC. In the last four decades, Covid-19 has killed more Americans than HIV has in both world wars. According to data from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Covid-19 has killed as many Americans as every U.S. war since 1775.

According to the latest census data, covid-19 has killed nearly double the population of Wyoming. It has killed more people in other states than in Washington, D.C.

The U.S. has 4% of the world’s population but recorded 16% of Covid-19 deaths

The US death toll is much higher than any other country. It is followed by Brazil, India and Russia, which have reported around 664,000, 524,000 and 369,000 deaths. The official figures may undersell the actual number of Covid-19 deaths because of a lack of testing capacity, political incentives to undercount, and poor record keeping in some countries. India and Russia have official counts that only capture a fraction of deaths from Covid-19.

The U.S. has a far higher Covid-19 death rate than other wealthy countries

The U.S. is 18th in the world in accounting for population, according to data from the University. The data shows that for every 100,000 Americans, 302 have died from Covid-19. In the U.K. and France, the number of deaths due to the virus is over 200 per 100,000 people. In Australia, fewer than 29 people in every 100,000 died, followed by Japan and New Zealand.

One million is likely an underestimate of Covid’s true death toll

The official death toll of Covid-19 in the U.S. is not likely to be accurate. Some deaths from Covid-19 are not counted as they can happen months after the infection, others are documented as being caused by conditions with similar symptoms and others are caused by the effects of the Pandemic. The fragmented nature of the American healthcare system, different reporting standards and overwhelmed hospital systems made this worse. According to the CDC, there have been over one million excess deaths during the Pandemic.

WHERE DID COVID HIT

The effects of the crisis have not been evenly distributed. Waves of deaths broke across partisan lines. The elderly and Black, Indigenous and Hispanic people were more likely to die from infections than white people.

The Covid-19 death rate in Mississippi is the worst in the country.

Mississippi has the worst Covid-19 death rate in the country

There have been over 300 deaths from Covid-19 per 100,000 people in the country since the beginning of the Pandemic in April of 2022, according to data from the University. In Mississippi and Arizona, there were only two states that had more than 400 deaths per 100,000 people. The death rates in Hawaii and Vermont were less than the national average.

These ten states have the worst Covid-19 death rates

1. Mississippi
2. Arizona
3. Oklahoma
4. Alabama
5. Tennessee
6. West Virginia
7. Arkansas
8. New Jersey
9. Louisiana
10. Michigan

These ten states have the lowest Covid-19 death rates

1. Hawaii
2. Vermont
3. Utah
4. Washington
5. Maine
6. Alaska
7. Oregon
8. New Hampshire
9. Colorado
10. Nebraska

Covid-19 has been deadlier in Republican states

According to data provided to Forbes, of the 10 states with the highest death rates per capita, eight are lean Republican. Seven of the ten states with the lowest death rates are Democrat.

The majority of Covid-19 deaths were among older Americans

Three quarters of Covid deaths were reported by people over the age of 65. Around a fifth were people over the age of 64. Less than 4% of deaths were in people under 45 years old, with younger people dying at a lower rate.

Men were hit harder than women

More men have died from Covid-19 than women. According to the CDC, around half of American deaths were recorded by men. There is no neat explanation for the 1.6 times death rate for men and women for Covid-19.

Black, Indigenous and Hispanic people died at far higher rates than white people

According to CDC data, American Indian or Alaska Natives are more likely to die from Covid-19 than white people. The risk of dying for black people is 1.7 times that of white people and 1.8 times for Hispanic people. Asian people have a death rate that is slightly lower than that of white people, according to the CDC.

Covid-19 came in waves

The U.S. has experienced several waves of Covid-19. The number of deaths peaked in the winter of 2020-21 during the initial outbreak and in the fall of 2021 during the omicron variant spread.

January 2021 was the deadliest month of the pandemic

More people died in January and December of 2020 than in any other months of the Pandemic, according to CDC data. The only other month where more than 80,000 people died was in January 2022, when around 82,000 people died.

We are in one of the least deadly stages of the pandemic so far

In June and July, fewer people died than in any other month. The deaths of 11,000 people in July and 8,000 in June were the fifth and seventh deadliest months of the Pandemic. In March, the number of deaths plummeted to around 13,000, down from over 48,000 in February. The data for April is not complete and subject to change, but records show slightly fewer deaths than in the previous month.

HOW VACCINES CHANGED THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC

The U.S. was one of the first countries to give access to the vaccine for the coronaviruses, and it was also one of the first to give it to most adults, children and as boosters. The shots reduce the risk of people passing the Covid-19 virus on if they do contract it. Most health agencies around the world recommend that most adults get a vaccine. The number of people dying from Covid-19 has been shown by the takeup being different across the U.S.

Nearly 80% of Americans have received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine

According to CDC data, around 34% of Americans have received a booster dose of vaccine. While Vermont and Maine have more than 80% of their population fully vaccined, little over half are in states like Alabama, Wyoming, Mississippi and Louisiana.

Unvaccinated people are more likely to catch and die from Covid-19

According to the CDC, the risk of unvaccinated people over the age of 12 testing positive for Covid was more than three times greater than for people who had at least two doses of vaccine. The risk of dying was 20 times higher for them.

Death rates plummeted in highly vaccinated states

New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island had the worst death rates before vaccines were available. According to data from the New York Times, the trio now report some of the highest percentages of their population as fully vaccination. New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island have reported some of the lowest death rates in the country since the vaccine was introduced. They had the ninth, sixth and seventh lowest death rates. The sixth worst per capita death rate before the roll out was reported by Connecticut, which was the fourth best after.

Before the vaccine rollout, these ten states had the worst Covid-19 death rates

1. New Jersey
2. New York
3. Rhode Island
4. Mississippi
5. Arizona
6. Connecticut
7. Louisiana
8. Alabama
9. South Dakota
10. Pennsylvania

After the rollout, these ten states reported the lowest Covid-19 death rates

1. Vermont
2. Hawaii
3. California
4. Connecticut
5. Utah
6. New York
7. Rhode Island
8. Maryland
9. New Jersey
10. New Hampshire

Seven of these are among the ten most highly vaccinated states in the country

1. Rhode Island
2. Vermont
3. Maine
4. Connecticut
5. Massachusetts
6. Hawaii
7. New York
8. Maryland
9. New Jersey
10. Virginia

LONG-TERM IMPACT

Things will return to normal after the effects of the Pandemic have passed. The experts agree that the virus is likely to stay with us for a while. Many Americans will still be dealing with the effects of the last two years despite the fact that the virus will kill people.

U.S. life expectancy fell by more than 2 years during the pandemic

The life expectancy in the U.S. fell in 2020. The decline, the largest in a one-year period since World War Two, was primarily driven by Covid-19. Preliminary research shows that life expectancy fell by another 0.4 years in 2011. The life expectancy in other high income countries rebounded in 2021.

For every four Covid-19 deaths in the U.S., a child loses a caregiver

200,000 U.S. children have lost a parent to Covid-19 during the Pandemic. An estimated 50,000 people have lost a secondary person to the disease. Losing a family member in childhood can be traumatic and can have a long-term impact on a child's wellbeing.

Millions of Americans could be suffering from Long Covid

People who get Covid-19 experience symptoms for weeks, months or even years after their initial infections. Symptoms of Long Covid can affect nearly any organ system in the body, including the kidneys, heart, lungs and brain. Even people with mild cases of Long Covid can develop the condition. Some patients will experience Long Covid after recovering. More than 80 million Covid-19 cases have been documented in the US so far.

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