COVID-19 deaths in U.S. surpass 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is most likely the deadliest outbreak in recent American history, exceeding the estimated deaths from the 1918 influenza pandemic.
Caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the pandemic has now infected over 229 million individuals worldwide. Of these, more than 4.7 million people have perished from the virus.
In the United States, more than 42.4 million people have been infected with SARS-CoV-2. The death toll in the country has now topped 676,000. Over the past 28 days, the U.S. has reported 4.25 million new infections and over 45,000 deaths.
The 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic
In 1918, the Spanish flu pandemic was the first of three flu pandemics caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus; the most recent one was the 2009 swine flu pandemic. H1N1 was also responsible for the Russian flu of 1977.
The 1918 influenza pandemic spread throughout the world between 1918 and 1920 infected an estimated 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population. The death toll reached an estimated 50 million across the globe. In the U.S., around 675,000 people were estimated to have died from the Spanish flu.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/2...-in-US-surpass-1918-Spanish-Flu-pandemic.aspx