U.S. Covid-19 death toll passes 500,000

More than 500,000 people in the United States have died from the coronavirus pandemic, a staggering number that all but matches the U.S. death tolls from World War II, Korea and Vietnam combined


U.S. DEATHS FROM WARS AND MAJOR PANDEMICS
War figures are for military fatalities. Some figures are rough estimates

American Civil War (1861-65) 620,000-750,000
1918 Spanish flu pandemic 675,000
Covid-19 pandemic* 500,000+
World War II (1941-45) 405,399
116,516 World War I (1917-18)
116,000 1957-58 flu pandemic
100,000 1968 flu pandemic
58,220: Vietnam War (1964-75) 
36,574: Korean War (1950-53) 
12,469: 2009 swine flu pandemic
7,056: Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (2001-present)*
4,435: American Revolutionary War (1775-83)

*Figures as of Feb 22, 2021


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Sources: AP, BBC, U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
U.S. Department of Defence, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 
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