6: Covid

It is 6 years (March 11, 2020) since Covid-19 was declared a Worldwide Pandemic.

It’s strange how the vast majority of People no longer speak of Covid or if they do it is in a hushed, quick tone.

As of February 2026, there have been 778,999,210 Cases of Covid with 7,108,819 Deaths Worldwide.

As of February 2026, there have been 103,436,829 Cases of Covid with 1,233,841 Deaths in the US.

Here are the Cases and Deaths from Covid in selected other Countries (all as of February 2026):

Latvia: 977,793 Cases  7,691 Deaths

The United Kingdom: 25,107,983 Cases  232,112 Deaths

Italy: 26,969,719 Cases   198,523 Deaths

Ukraine: 5,554,962 Cases 109,937 Deaths

Poland: 6,836,330 Cases  120,990 Deaths

Russia: 24,901,467 Cases 404,290 Deaths

France: 39,057,095 Cases  168,194 Deaths

Spain: 13,980,340 Cases 121,880 Deaths

Israel: 4,841,688 Cases 12,707 Deaths

Cyprus: 718,345 Cases 1,364 Deaths

Japan: 33,803,572 Cases 74,694 Deaths

Germany: 38,437,943 Cases  174,979 Deaths

Australia: 11,861,161 Cases 25,236 Deaths

Chile: 5,410,407 Cases 64,497 Deaths

South Africa: 4,073,151 Cases 102,595 Deaths

Kazakhstan:  1,504,370 Cases  19,072 Deaths

 

Every single one of those numbers (especially the deaths) was a Man, a Woman or a Child.

It’s easy to want to forget, but we need to remember so we are prepared in case another Pandemic hits.