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By September 20, COVID-19 had killed over 675,000 Americans, the estimated number of American deaths from the Spanish flu in 1918. As a result, COVID-19 became the deadliest respiratory pandemic in American history. [62]
As of September 2021, Spain is one of the countries with the highest percentage of its population vaccinated (76% fully vaccinated and 79% with the first dose), [30] while also being one of the countries more in favor of vaccines against COVID-19 (nearly 94% of its population is already vaccinated or wants to be). [31]
For even more international statistics in table, graph, and map form see COVID-19 pandemic by country. COVID-19 pandemic is the worst-ever worldwide calamity experienced on a large scale (with an estimated 7 million deaths) in the 21st century. The COVID-19 death toll is the highest seen on a global scale since the Spanish flu and World War II.
By contrast, flu cases are skyrocketing. The national share of influenza tests that came back positive rose from around 8% in the week ending Oct. 30 to nearly 15% in the week ending Nov. 13. Flu ...
Despite the high morbidity and mortality rates that resulted from the epidemic, the Spanish flu began to fade from public awareness over the decades until the arrival of news about bird flu and other pandemics in the 1990s and 2000s. [315] [316] This has led some historians to label the Spanish flu a "forgotten pandemic". [173]
What to do about flu. Covid-19 has killed an astounding 300,000 Americans, ... That is exactly what happened with the 2009 H1N1 swine flu and the Spanish flu of 1918 pandemics. Influenza A subtypes.
As of late August, the pandemic had killed almost 180,000 people in the United States; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that influenza kills anywhere from 12,000 to ...
2021 South Sudan disease outbreak: 2021 South Sudan: Unknown 97 (as of December 2021) [310] 2021 India black fungus epidemic 2021–2022 India Black fungus (COVID-19 condition) 4,332 [311] 2022 hepatitis of unknown origin in children: 2021–2022 Worldwide Hepatitis by Adenovirus variant AF41 (Unconfirmed) 18 [312] [313] [314]