In one year, COVID-19 kills enough Americans to fill a city

It’s a milestone so large that the number of Americans who have died compare to just two other events in U.S.

At such scale, the profiles of people who have died in the past year begin to disappear — much like the red figure in the center of the chart above.

But gaps remain between white Americans and people of color.

When adjusted for age, Black Americans are hospitalized with COVID-19 at 2.9 times the rate of white Americans, and die at 1.9 times the rate, according to CDC data.

Latinos are hospitalized at more than three times the rate and die at more than twice the rate of white Americans.

Taken all together, here's what the community of Americans who have died in the past year looks like:.

In Jerauld County, South Dakota, one of in every 126 people has reportedly died of COVID-19.