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the Number of victims of coronavirus in the United States reached a grim milestone – about 11 thousand people, this figure has already surpassed the total number of dead Americans in the last six wars in which participated the country
Staff Sgt. Kenneth Tucceri / DVIDS Earlier, the US government has repeatedly compared the outbreak of a coronavirus from military action, the U.S. military also felt that participating in the operations to limit the spread of the virus
Department of Defense / Twitter currently registered at least 368,2 thousand cases of coronavirus. Hospitals are struggling to maintain and expand its ability to care for infected patients, but the number of deaths, the country is rapidly approaching the indicators of Italy and Spain
Department of Defense / Twitter
the Number of victims of coronavirus in the United States passed a grim milestone – more than 11 thousand people, this figure has already surpassed the total number of dead Americans in six of the last wars in which participated the country.
According to the Ministry of veterans Affairs of the United States, an epidemic of a new type of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes atypical pneumonia COVID-19, has already claimed more American lives than America lost in killed in the American revolution, the Anglo-American war, the Mexican-American war, Indian wars, Spanish-American war and the War in the Persian Gulf. In total, they are on the battlefield killing soldiers 9961, writes USA Today, presenting selective statistics, which does not include casualties in the First world and Second world wars.
But earlier, the US government has repeatedly compared the outbreak of a coronavirus from military action, the U.S. military also felt that participating in the operations to limit the spread of the virus.
the President of the United States in March, have used the law since the Korean war on the defense production (Defense Production Act) to combat the spread of infection. This law empowers the President to require private companies carry out orders necessary for national defence needs.
In the current week as trump predicts, will die a large number of Americans. Chief surgeon of the United States Jerome Adams (the position corresponds approximately to the chief sanitary doctor in Russia) also believes that the coming week will be the “hardest and saddest”: “For us, there will come a time comparable to pearl Harbor or September 11 attacks”.
the United States has daily from the coronavirus killed over 1 thousand people, which is more than twice the mortality rate at the two most dangerous diseases, lung cancer and influenza. Currently registered for a minimum 368,2 thousand cases of coronavirus. Hospitals are struggling to maintain and expand its ability to care for infected patients, but the number of deaths, the country is rapidly approaching the indicators of Italy and Spain, where victims of the disease become 16,5 thousand and 13.8 thousand, respectively.
“This will be the peak week of hospitalization, peak revenues in the ICU and, unfortunately, peak mortality,” – quoted by “Voice of America” a doctor and a member of the working group of the White house on coronavirus Admiral Brett Girua.
the Greatest number of deaths from the coronavirus recorded among African Americans
the United States in the past two weeks, conduct the widest possible testing of the population on the coronavirus. Ready the tests showed an unusual result among infected and died from infection as a result of the coronavirus a huge number of African Americans.
For example, in Chicago, 72% of deaths from Covid-19 – African Americans, although they make up only 30% of the population, according to CNN. According to city officials in Chicago on April 5 from 4 680 1824 infected were black people. This is compared to 847 white, 478 126 Latinos and immigrants from Asia.
“These data provide a new view on the distribution Covid-19 and are a powerful reminder of deeply rooted in the country the problems that are the cause of such different consequences for the infected if they belong to different communities of Chicago,” said Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot.
In the state of Illinois, according to statistics provided by the Department of health, blacks make up about 40% of all victims of coronavirus, although African Americans make up only 14.6 percent of the state’s population.
In Michigan, according to the official Dunnth, the proportion of blacks accounted for 40% of all reported deaths from the virus, and the proportion of African Americans in the state population is only 14%.
At Milwaukee of thousands of infected 81% are African Americans, although in only 26%. Similar data are also given in other American cities and States.
In Louisiana, 70% of all deaths from the coronavirus that causes blacks that comprise 33% of the state’s population. About 40% of all deaths in the state had in New Orleans, where most residents are black. Governor John Edwards has already announced that it intends to conduct an investigation, which aims to establish what the reasons and actions could lead to such statistics.
However, health officials claim that the majority of New Orleans residents are prone to obesity, diabetes and hypertension, and indicators of comorbidities have higher than the national average, and this makes them more vulnerable to Covid-19.
according to Reuters, many States, including those most affected new York, do not publish data on the spread of the virus among different racial groups, but the data show that African Americans are more likely to die from Covid-19 in the power of unequal access to health care compared to the white population.
For this reason, the American lawyers Committee for civil rights appealed to the Federal government with the requirement to publish data relating to race and ethnicity of the victims of the coronavirus and infected. The Committee stated that it should “provide fair health care and treatment during crisis for all the colored communities of the United States”.
