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Covid-19’s Other Sobering Statistics
A tale of American woe in 20 numbers
Beyond the more than 100,000 U.S. Covid-19 deaths, several numbers starkly reveal strife and stress that’s distributed unequally and not as routinely publicized. Here’s a snapshot of U.S. statistics at this sobering moment in time (each number links to the source of the data):
1
America’s global ranking on Covid-19 deaths.
100,000
Deaths accumulated in 90 days since the first one. This is more than the combined U.S. deaths in the Korean and Vietnam wars, both in total and on a per capita basis.
28%
U.S. share of global Covid-19 deaths. The U.S. has 4.25% of the world’s population.
1957
The year that began the last flu season in which more than 100,000 people died.
36,000
Deaths up through May 3 that could have been prevented had U.S. officials implemented social distancing policies one week sooner, according to a Columbia University study.
17.4%
Mothers with children 12 and under who say that since the pandemic started, “the children in my household were not eating enough because we just couldn’t…
