The number of dead due to Coronavirus SARS-COV-2 in the United States exceeded the population of Wyoming, reports Newsweek with reference to the draft Institute Jones Hopkins. The victims of the epidemic numbered more than 600 thousand, and the population of the state for 2020 did not exceed 577 thousand.
According to the project, at the time of publication in the United States, 600,287 deaths were recorded due to the reasons associated with COVID-19, as well as more than 33.4 million cases of infection – more than in any other country.
Wyoming – US state with the smallest population. The next after it is from the end – the state of Vermont with 643 thousand inhabitants.
Marks of 500 thousand dead due to the US pandemic reached in mid-March this year. In this regard, President Joe Biden declared five-day mourning.
Earlier in the United States, the number of victims of Coronavirus became larger than the number of losses of the country in World War II (291 thousand), Korean War (47.4 thousand) and War in Vietnam (33.7 thousand).