15 sobering stats that tell the tale of the coronavirus in the U.S.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The United States has hit another ugly milestone in the fight against the coronavirus, with 1 in 100 people ages 65 years or older having died of it, the New York Times reports.

It’s merely the latest in a string of data points that put the toll of the pandemic in stark relief — even as much of the political debate over the virus seems to be moving past it, despite a steady toll of more than 1,000 deaths per day.

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Below are some key stats that show how hard the virus has hit us.

1 in 420: The number of Americans who have died of the coronavirus.

1 in 290: The number of people who have died of the virus in the most hard-hit state, Mississippi.

1 in less than 7: The number of Americans who have had confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

1 in 1,300: The number of Americans who have been hospitalized with the virus, per data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/15-sobering-stats-that-tell-the-tale-of-the-coronavirus-in-the-us/ar-AARLTfJ

[Scrivener7]

1. 1 in 420 has died, but 1 in 1300 has been hospitalized? That doesn't make sense.

It says that fewer have been hospitalized than have died.

[Pobeka]

3. Some who died never went to the hospital?

I believe coroners will do a post-mortem test for covid.

[LisaL]

5. Not everybody who died from covid was hospitalized.

Obviously some people died at home.

[Scrivener7]

6. That means, though, that about three times more people died than were hospitalized. Doesn't

make sense.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. That link takes me to a blank page.

Completely blank.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Works for me

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. Darn. Yet another example of how the technology gods don't like me

and mess with me every chance they get. Sigh. I'm used to it.

(Perking up) I will point out that the parking gods ADORE me, and I ALWAYS get good parking spaces. Always. And I don't have to be driving. If I'm a passenger in your car, and you normally never get a good parking space, trust me, if I'm in your car, you'll get a good one. It's been this way for several decades now, and is, quite frankly a reasonable trade-off. I can try to get connected to that article another way, and when it comes to more serious technology issues, well there's always tech support. Those people own the technology gods, and they can make my things work.

added on edit: FINALLY the link went through. I had tried it several times before. Clearly, the technology gods weren't going to mess with you.