in the americas, covid19 was the number one cause of death from 2020 through 2021. hospitals were overrun and many healthcare workers quit due to nonstop mandatory overtime, sometimes for weeks at  time. so many people died that refrigerator trucks were stationed outside many hospitals just to temporarily store the dead.

you can see the data in minute detail here.

between 2019 and 2023, 27 million people have died of covid. and counting.

americans between 40 - 54 have had the highest rates of long covid by age.

of u.s. citizens, transgender americans had the highest rates of long covid compared to other genders.

82% of americans have received at least one dose of the available covid vaccinations. currently, 70% of americans are fully vaccinated against covid.

multiracial, black, hispanic, and latino citizens had the highest rates of long covid. asian americans had the hoghest rate of severe long covid.