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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.
United States (St. Augustine) Ángela Salazar: 66 Activist Colombia Stephen F. Williams: 83 Judge United States (Washington, D.C.) Michael Ojo: 27 Basketball player Serbia (Belgrade) Rogério Teófilo: 63 Politician Brazil 8 August 2020: Bernard Fils-Aimé: 67 Entrepreneur and activist United States Buruji Kashamu: 62 Politician
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]
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 ...
A number of websites or social media outlets list such deaths, including "[a] website called Sorry Antivaxxer, which catalogues the COVID-19 deaths of people who had publicly posted their rejection of the vaccine", as well as "the Twitter account Covidiot Deaths, [and] the Reddit forum called the Herman Cain Award". [1]
South Dakota: Health officials announce the state's first five confirmed cases and one death. The lone death tested positive for COVID-19, but the cause of death is still being investigated. [170] The President and VP Pence met with top health insurance companies and secured a commitment to waive co-pays for coronavirus testing and treatment.
San Marino confirmed seven more cases, bringing the total number to eight. The first death was also confirmed. [7] Scotland confirmed its first case. [8] Thailand confirmed its first death from the coronavirus, a 35-year-old retail worker who also had dengue fever. [9] The first cases in Rhode Island, Florida, and New York, United States were ...
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 ...