This is the coronavirus' staggering toll in the US

The virus has killed more than 100,000 Americans

Coronavirus has now killed at least 100,000 people in the US since the first death was reported in February, according to Johns Hopkins University's case count.

Nearly 80% of all deaths occur in people over 65

Older adults are exceedingly vulnerable to severe infection from coronavirus.

About 59% of all coronavirus deaths occur in people 75 and older, according to the CDC, which relies on less complete data than the Johns Hopkins University count.

The US leads the world in cases and deaths

The US death rate is 2.6 times higher than the second leading country, the United Kingdom.

The UK has reported 36,875 deaths so far, according to Johns Hopkins University's global case count.

Both the US and the UK have heard mixed messages from leadership.

The US coronavirus death rate is 1.7 times higher.

The US coronavirus death rate is nearly 3 times higher.

The US coronavirus death rate is 22 times higher.

The US coronavirus death rate is nearly 40 times higher.

And by June more Americans will have likely died of coronavirus than in all four of those conflicts combined.

The first significant coronavirus outbreak in the US occurred at a facility in Washington state, where at least 35 people died and dozens more residents and staff were infected.

Black Americans are more than twice as likely as whites to die from the virus

Black Americans represent 13% of the population in the 40 states plus DC that have released mortality data, but they account for 25% of deaths, according to an analysis from the American Public Media (APM) Research Lab.

At least 20,195 black Americans have died from coronavirus as of May 19, APM reported.

"If they had died of Covid-19 at the same rate as white Americans, about 12,000 black Americans, 1,300 Latino Americans and 300 Asian Americans would still be alive," the lab said.

By comparison, white Americans, who make up 61.7% of the states that have released race mortality data, account for 49.3% of all deaths in those states.

New York has reported 29,350 deaths, and 11,339 people have died in New Jersey.