US No. 4 in the world with most orphaned children by COVID Miami Herald
my gawds!! More horrible fallout from this virus.
US No. 4 in the world with most orphaned children by COVID | Miami Herald
US is No. 4 in the world with most orphaned children by COVID deaths, study finds
By Katie Camero
July 21, 2021 01:13 PM, Updated July 21, 2021 10:05 PM
Before the pandemic stripped the world of millions of people, there were about 140 million orphaned children globally. Now, an additional 1.5 million kids have lost their parents, grandparents or other caregivers to COVID-19, a new study estimates.
Of those children, nearly 114,000 are from the U.S., according to the paper published Tuesday in The Lancet. The U.S. ranks fourth with the most kids orphaned by COVID-19 deaths, behind Mexico, Brazil and India.
And as data has shown throughout the pandemic, more men have died from the disease than women in nearly every country. Because of this, up to five times more kids have lost their fathers than their mothers.
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The countries with the highest number ofchildren who lost their caregiver were Mexico (about 141,100), Brazil (about 130,300), India (about 119,200), United States (about 113,700), Peru (about 98,900), South Africa (about 94,600), Iran (about 41,000), Colombia (about 33,300) and Russia (about 29,700)......................................
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An estimated 1.5 million children worldwide have experienced the death of a parent, custodial grandparent or other relative who cared for them, as a result of COVID-19, according to a new study published in The Lancet. HARAZ N. GHANBARI ASSOCIATED PRESS
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