I checked myself using the Atlantic's COVID tracker. They seem to disagree on the exact numbers, which shifts the order of the days around a little, but the broad strokes appear accurate. Also, yesterday beat out both last Tuesday and last Friday, so this image is already out of date. Here's the list based on that.
Last Wednesday [12/02] - 2,733
Last Thursday [12/03] - 2,706
Yesterday [12/08] - 2,622
Last Friday [12/04] - 2,563
Last Tuesday [12/01] - 2,473
Pearl Harbor - 2,403
As others have noted, this appears to only include events on US soil. There were 2,501 American fatalities on D-Day, for instance, so were that counted it would come in eighth.
I checked myself using the Atlantic's COVID tracker. They seem to disagree on the exact numbers, which shifts the order of the days around a little, but the broad strokes appear accurate. Also, yesterday beat out both last Tuesday and last Friday, so this image is already out of date. Here's the list based on that.
As others have noted, this appears to only include events on US soil. There were 2,501 American fatalities on D-Day, for instance, so were that counted it would come in eighth.
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