--- ---  # These 29 Numbers Show How the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Our Lives Over the Last Year by [Emily Barone](https://time.com/author/emily-barone/) and [Lon Tweeten](https://time.com/author/lon-tweeten/) Mar 17, 2021 5:24 PM UTC  by [Emily Barone](https://time.com/author/emily-barone/) and [Lon Tweeten](https://time.com/author/lon-tweeten/) Mar 17, 2021 5:24 PM UTC It was a year ago that COVID-19 pandemic seized control of our lives. While essential workers remained on the job, the rest of America, confined to quarters, tried to come to terms with a life on pause. Working, learning and passing the time almost entirely from home meant changes in habits, health, relationships and plans for the future. Numbers don’t tell the whole story, of course, but the following statistics outline the contours of the lives we lived.      _—With reporting by_ _Patrick Lucas Austin, Judy Berman, Melissa Chan, Jamie Ducharme, Alejandro de la Garza, Tara Law, Belinda Luscombe and Katie Reilly_ 29 Numbers Showing How COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Our Lives ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5947302/covid-19-data/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5947302/covid-19-data/"},"headline":"These 29 Numbers Show How the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Our Lives Over the Last Year","datePublished":"2021-03-17T17:24:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:50:03.785Z","description":"A year ago, Americans had to to come to terms with a life on pause. These statistics show how much our daily lives have changed.","url":"https://time.com/5947302/covid-19-data/","keywords":["COVID-19"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9af595e05ca1c551/698a1805b21a9cfbe65049f8/Lockdown-opener.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Emily Barone","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/emily-barone/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Lon Tweeten","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lon-tweeten/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9af595e05ca1c551/698a1805b21a9cfbe65049f8/Lockdown-opener.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Lockdown-opener","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/covid-19/","name":"COVID-19"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5947302/covid-19-data/","name":"These 29 Numbers Show How the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Our Lives Over the Last Year"}}]}] ```