In the first Corona year 2020, the life expectancy of Americans fell more than in any other year since the end of World War II.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) observed a reduction in life expectancy of around one and a half years.

While life expectancy was 78.8 years in 2019, it was only 77.3 years in 2020.

The United States' highest health authority had last registered a similar decline almost 80 years ago.

In the war year of 1943, life expectancy in America had fallen to 63.3 years from 66.2 years in 1942.

According to data from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (Maryland), almost 350,000 Americans died in connection with Sars-CoV-2 in the first Corona year 2020.

The number of fatal drug overdoses also skyrocketed in the United States during the pandemic.