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 Mais de 500.000 óbitos nos EUA por Covid-19 infographic
A infografia apresenta uma comparação das mortes nos EUA pelas guerras e grandes pandemias.
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EUA ultrapassam o marco de 500.000 mortos por Covid-19

February 23, 2021 - Morreram mais de 500.000 pessoas nos Estados Unidos vítimas da pandemia de coronavírus, um número alarmante que equivale ao número de baixas americanas na II Guerra Mundial, guerra da Coreia e Vietname.

Despite the rollout of vaccines since mid-December, a closely watched model from the University of Washington projects more than 589,000 dead by June 1.

The U.S. toll is by far the highest reported in the world, accounting for 20 percent of the nearly 2.5 million coronavirus deaths globally, though the true numbers are thought to be significantly greater, in part because many cases were overlooked, especially early in the outbreak.

The first known deaths from the virus in the U.S. were in early February 2020. It took four months to reach the first 100,000 deaths. The toll hit 200,000 in September and 300,000 in December, then took just over a month to go from 300,000 to 400,000 and another month to climb from 400,000 to 500,000.

The U.S. recorded an estimated 405,000 deaths in World War II, 58,000 in the Vietnam War and 36,000 in the Korean War.

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PUBLISHED: 23/02/2021; STORY: Graphic News
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