(CNN Español) — U.S, the country with the most cases of covid-19 in the world, exceeded the 150,000 mark on Wednesday deaths for this disease. The tragic balance comes weeks after many states and cities lifted the containment measures. Now, with the resurgence of cases in various places, what measures to take to curb infections is debated.
Look at these data that put into perspective the number of deaths that the pandemic has left in the United States.
1. More than 850 people die each day from covid-19 in the US since the first case was recorded
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LOOK: United States exceeds 150,000 deaths from covid-19
2. The death toll is almost twice the number of spectators that fits in the Maracanã
The legendary Brazilian stadium can hold 78,000 spectators
Maracanã Stadium – Rio de Janeiro. (Credit: YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP / Getty Images)
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3. Equivalent to almost the population of Curaçao
The Caribbean island has more than 157,000 inhabitants, according to 2019 World Bank figures.
Willemstad, Curazao (DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images)
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4. It is as if all the inhabitants of Aruba have died, and more
The neighboring island of Curacao registered a population of 119,428 in 2020, according to the CIA World Factbook.
5. The deaths in the US are almost equivalent to the population of Valdivia, Chile
The Chilean city has a population of 166,080, according to 2017 census figures.
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6. The death toll is more than the entire Gainesville population in Florida…
According to an estimate by the US Census Bureau, Gainesville had 133,997 inhabitants in 2019
7.… and more than Escondido, California
The city in the western United States has 151,625, according to the Census Bureau
8. Equivalent to the number of deaths that would have occurred if two large planes had crashed every day in the US for six months and all died
19. It is as if the United States suffered a loss of life equivalent to 50 times the balance it left on September 11, 2001
This is what the twin towers of the World Trade Center looked like on September 11, 2001 when two planes crashed into them in the deadliest terrorist attacks in the country’s history. (Credit: Spencer Platt / Getty Images)
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