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This is a list of notable people reported as having died from coronavirus disease 2019 , as a result of infection by the virus SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Index [ edit ]
This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal ...
Singer ( Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance – 1972 & Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance – 1971) Texas (Dallas) 4 January 2021. Bernard P. Randolph. 87. Commander of Air Force Systems Command (1987–1990) Texas (San Antonio) 6 January 2021. Kenneth Z. Altshuler.
It was the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020, behind heart disease and cancer. [40] From 2019 to 2020, U.S. life expectancy dropped by three years for Hispanic and Latino Americans, 2.9 years for African Americans, and 1.2 years for white Americans. [41] In 2021, U.S. deaths due to COVID-19 rose, [42] and life expectancy fell. [43]
By April 25, the U.S. had more than 905,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and nearly 52,000 deaths, giving it a mortality rate around 5.7 percent. (In comparison, Spain's mortality rate was 10.2 percent and Italy's was 13.5 percent.) [87] [88] In April 2020, more than 10,000 American deaths had occurred in nursing homes.
On 11 April 2020, the United States became the country in North America with the highest official death toll for COVID-19, at over 20,000 deaths. [4] As of 10 April 2022, there are about 97 million cases and about 1.4 million deaths in North America; about 88.9 million have recovered from COVID-19, meaning that nearly 11 out of 12 cases have ...
The first recorded U.S. case of the new virus was also reported on January 20, in a 35-year-old American citizen traveling from Wuhan, China, to his home in Washington state. [ 21][ 22] By January 20, the CDC developed its own coronavirus test (as it typically does) and used it to evaluate the first U.S. case.
Per Our World in Data, 103,436,829 [5] confirmed cases have been reported in the United States with 1,193,165 [5] deaths, the most of any country, and the nineteenth-highest per capita worldwide. [358] COVID-19 is the deadliest pandemic in US history; [359] it was the third-leading cause of death in the US in 2020, behind heart disease and ...