Monday, December 23

How many people die every minute in the United States from COVID-19?

As the experts warned months ago, winter in the United States has become a very difficult season in terms of combating coronavirus infections. Last week, the Johns Hopkins University averaged a number of 2, 637 Daily deaths caused by SARS-CoV-2 .

As of that number is possible to average how many people die every minute in the United States from COVID – 19. The answer is practically two (1.8), one each 30 seconds. In total, only in December, the institution indicates that 77, 572 people lost their lives due to this disease in the country.

Figures from The New York Times average 2, 561 daily deaths in the last 7 days, something like 1.7 people dead every minute.

States with the most deaths

According to Johns Hopkins, the 10 states that have unfortunately had a higher number of deaths from COVID – 19 are:

  1. New York , with 38, 599 deaths.
  2. Texas , 28, 551.
  3. California , 27, 017.
  4. Florida , 22, 090.
  5. New Jersey, 19, 090.
  6. Illinois , 18, 412.
  7. Pennsylvania , 15, 335
  8. Michigan , 15, 391.
  9. Massachusetts , 12, 671.
  10. Georgia , 05, 800.

And although the figures are frequently updated, this record provides an overview of the health situation in the US .

Among the counties with the highest number of deaths include Los Angeles (California), Cook (Illinois), Kings (California), Queens (New York) and Maricopa (Arizona).