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22 Feb, 14 tweets, 12 min read
Over 500,000 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19.

In an effort to convey the lethality of the virus, we looked at major American cities to see how their populations compared to the national death toll.

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Illustration credits: @theEbrockway
This is what that loss of life looks like.

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More Americans have died of COVID-19 than there are residents in Miami, Florida–the beloved party destination that gave us @GloriaEstefan and @EnriqueIglesias.

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More Americans have died of COVID-19 than there are residents in Oakland, California–the hometown of Vice President @KamalaHarris.

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More Americans have died of COVID-19 than there are residents in Minneapolis, Minnesota–home of the @Vikings and @Timberwolves.

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More Americans have died of COVID-19 than there are residents in New Orleans, Lousiana–the vibrant cultural capital and birthplace of @tylerperry, @ReeseW, and @HarryConnickJR.

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More Americans have died of COVID-19 than there are residents in Cleveland, Ohio–home to NBA superstar @KingJames and Democratic lawmaker @SenSherrodBrown.

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More Americans have died of COVID-19 than there are residents in Honolulu, Hawaii–the island city that gave us our 44th president, @BarackObama.

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More Americans have died of COVID-19 than there are residents in St. Louis, Missouri–the city that just helped elect @RepCori, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri.

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More Americans have died of COVID-19 than there are residents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–home of the @penguins, @pirates, and @steelers.

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More Americans have died of COVID-19 than there are residents in Newark, New Jersey–the birthplace of the iconic @IAMQUEENLATIFAH.

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More Americans have died of COVID-19 than there are residents in Reno, Nevada–the place of @SenCortezMasto's alma mater, @unevadareno.

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More Americans have died of COVID-19 than there are residents in Salt Lake City, Utah–the biggest city in the state represented by @MittRomney and @SenMikeLee.

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