How many people die yearly from viruses?

Answer 1

Viruses are a category of pathogen that get inside cells and hijack them to make copies of themselves. Viruses are extremely difficult to combat since you have to kill the cell to kill the virus and if it is in every cell then you kill the person. A Retrovirus is responsible for HIV Aids and they cover a very broad spectrum of disorders including influenza, herpes, and chicken pox.They also play a potential role in the development of cervical cancer, Alzheimer's and Heart disease. Only smallpox virus has been eradicated from the world so estimating the number of fatalities is tantamount to measuring the totality of deaths resulting from such disorders - numbering many millions per year across the world.

Answer 2

There are no statistics on this. The World Health Organization, CDC, and National Health Departments have all stopped requiring counts and reports of Swine Flu infections and deaths, and so no separate counts are being done any more for swine flu. The flu-like illnesses are all counted together now without distinction of the exact types. Most people do not get the tests to identify the specific virus to differentiate since the treatment is the same as for other types of flu and doctors don't usually need to know what flu virus it is unless the patient is hospitalized.

The number of deaths will likely be similar to or less than the regular seasonal flu viruses. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the US annually there are over 30 million cases of the seasonal flu with typically 200,000 hospitalizations and, on average, 36,000 deaths.

Answer 3

The number of people who die yearly from viruses can vary greatly depending on the type of virus and global health conditions. In recent years, diseases like influenza and other respiratory viruses have caused thousands to millions of deaths annually. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant global mortality since its emergence in late 2019.