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Utilizamos cookies, próprios e de terceiros, que o reconhecem e identificam como um usuário único, para garantir a melhor experiência de navegação, personalizar conteúdo e anúncios, e melhorar o desempenho do nosso site e serviços.Esses Cookies nos permitem coletar alguns dados pessoais sobre você, como sua ID exclusiva atribuída ao seu dispositivo, endereço de IP, tipo de dispositivo e navegador, conteúdos visualizados ou outras ações realizadas usando nossos serviços, país e idioma selecionados, entre outros. Para saber mais sobre nossa política de cookies, acesse .Caso não concorde com o uso cookies dessa forma, você deverá ajustar as configurações de seu navegador ou deixar de acessar o nosso site e serviços. Ao continuar com a navegação em nosso site, você aceita o uso de cookies.AceitoBuzzFeed News has reporters around the world bringing you trustworthy stories about the impact of the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, and sign up for our newsletter, .Afghanistan War(2001–May 2020):2,445 US military deaths9/11: 2,977 deathsIraq War (2003–May 2020):4,492 US military deaths2020 gun deaths in theUS (Jan. 1–May 27): 16,088Vietnam War:58,229 US military deathsCOVID-19 deaths as of May 27, 2020: 100,000Amid discussions about among lawmakers and tentative summer plans among friend groups, the US hit a bleak milestone on Wednesday as the recorded number of people who have died from the surpassed 100,000.Officially, to date, and 100,047 have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The US death toll makes up nearly one-third of the .The US has the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths, but public health experts say the real number of and , the disease caused by the novel virus, is likely much higher than the official count."Almost certainly it's higher," Dr. Anthony Fauci, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director who sits on the White House coronavirus task force, said about the death toll at a Senate hearing on May 12. "There may have been people who died at home who were not counted as COVID because they never really got to the hospital."Officials believe the death toll was . Testing has increased since the CDC rolled out botched in February, but it — especially those in , who are disproportionately .Autopsies performed on two people who died before the first known coronavirus-related death in the US have indicated that the earlier than experts thought.Fauci estimated in March — when President Donald Trump began talking about — that in the US, and millions will be infected.The Victims Of COVID-19You can see all of our coverage of .If you know someone who has died of COVID-19 and would like to share their story, .See our full coverage of the .The Wednesday death count marks a grim milestone for the US as many states prepare to reopen after weeks of stay-at-home orders. Some business owners have urged officials to allow them to reopen, and many people are openly flouting social distancing measures by in the warm weather and attending .Experts have that reopening businesses and relaxing social distancing rules will likely lead to a "resurgence in cases and deaths" across the country.At a hearing in May, Fauci told senators that ending stay-at-home orders across the country could be disastrous."There is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control, which, in fact, paradoxically will set you back — not only leading to some suffering and death that could be avoided, but could even set you back on the road to trying to get economic recovery," he . "We will almost turn the clock back rather than going forward."Sources: COVID-19 death data according to Johns Hopkins University. Iraq War includes Operation Iraqi Freedom (March 19, 2003–Aug. 31, 2010) and Operation New Dawn (Sept. 1, 2010–Dec. 31, 2011), per information from the Department of Defense. Afghanistan War includes Operation Enduring Freedom (Oct. 7, 2001–Dec. 31, 2014) and Operation Freedom's Sentinel (Jan. 1, 2015–present), per information from the Department of Defense. 2020 gun deaths in the US is based on information in the Gun Violence Archive (including the actual total of all non-suicide deaths plus daily calculated suicide deaths).View comments

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