How 450,000 Coronavirus Deaths Added Up
By Lazaro Gamio and Lauren Leatherby
The past four weeks have been the coronavirus pandemic’s deadliest in the United States. Since Jan. 7, daily reported coronavirus deaths have repeatedly exceeded 4,000 — a number never reached on a single day in 2020. And the milestone of 450,000 deaths, passed on Wednesday, came just over a week after the U.S. crossed 425,000.
It took 44 days after the first U.S. death was recorded to reach 25,000 deaths. The last six 25,000-death milestones were recorded in under a week and a half each. In this visualization, each pixel represents one death and each tick mark represents one day. Each date indicates when a 25,000-death milestone was passed.
It took 45 days to reach 25,000 deaths.
25,000
11 days
50,000
13 days
75,000
20 days
100,000
30 days
125,000
33 days
150,000
23 days
175,000
32 days
200,000
33 days
225,000
24 days
250,000
15 days
275,000
11 days
300,000
9 days
325,000
10 days
350,000
9 days
375,000
8 days
400,000
7 days
425,000
8 days
450,000
Feb. 29 · The first known U.S. death from the coronavirus is reported in Washington State.
March 14 · New York City records its first death from the virus.
March 26 · The United States overtakes China as the country with the most known cases of the coronavirus, and for the first time in New York City, more than 100 patients die in one day.
April 7 · More than 2,000 deaths are reported in a single day in the United States for the first time since the pandemic began.
April 15 · The United States reports 2,752 deaths in one day, a record that will hold until December. Almost half are in the New York City area.
May 4 · Florida reopens restaurant dining, becoming one of a few states to reopen after spring shutdowns.
May 19 · For the first time since late March, the average number of deaths per day in New York City falls below 100.
July 1 · The Phoenix metro area reports a record 3,759 cases in one day. Outbreaks mount in Florida, Texas and other Sun Belt states, many of which reopened earlier than elsewhere in the U.S.
July 16 · The U.S. case curve hits a peak of more than 75,000 cases reported in one day.
Aug. 16 · The average number of daily deaths peaks in Texas, where almost 3,000 have died in the past two weeks. The record will hold until December.
Sept. 12 · The average number of new U.S. cases per day hits a low point last reached in June and not seen since.
Oct. 25 · More than 50,000 people have tested positive for the virus in Wisconsin in the previous two weeks. The outbreak there will continue to grow for several more weeks.
Nov. 14 · Cases peak in North Dakota, where one in 40 residents have tested positive in the past two weeks alone.
Dec. 9 · The number of deaths reported in one day passes 3,000 for the first time.
Jan. 7 · More than 4,000 deaths are reported in a single day in the United States, a new record.
Jan. 15 · Almost 4,000 deaths were reported in California in the previous week alone.
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