Prognosis
Covid-19 Toll in U.S. Surpasses 1918 Pandemic Deaths
- U.S. passes the 675,000-death estimate of flu pandemic
- Delta variant has pushed the U.S. into a dangerous new phase
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The U.S.’s Covid-19 deaths have surpassed the toll of the 1918 influenza pandemic, a milestone many experts say was avoidable after the arrival of vaccines.
The U.S. has reported 675,446 deaths since the start of the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University data -- more than the 675,000 that are estimated to have died a century earlier.