About 8.5m Americans have lost a close family member to Covid

About 8.5m Americans have lost a spouse, parent, grandparent, child or sibling

8m people

6m

4m

2m

Nearly 1m Americans

have died of Covid

0

Jan 2020

Jan 2021

Jan 2022

About 8.5m Americans have lost a spouse, parent, grandparent, child or sibling

8m people

6m

4m

2m

Nearly 1m Americans

have died of Covid

0

Jan 2020

Jan 2021

Jan 2022

About 8.5m Americans have lost a spouse, parent, grandparent, child or sibling

8m people

6m

4m

2m

Nearly 1m Americans

have died of Covid

0

Jan 2020

Jan 2021

Jan 2022

About 8.5m Americans have lost a spouse, parent, grandparent, child or sibling

8m people

6m

4m

2m

Nearly 1m Americans

have died of Covid

0

Jan 2020

Jan 2021

Jan 2022

Guardian graphic. Source: Tracking the reach of COVID-19 kin loss with a bereavement multiplier applied to the United States by Ashton M Verdery, Emily Smith-Greenaway, Rachel Margolis and Jonathan Daw. Covid death data from Johns Hopkins University.