While COVID has now claimed more than 1 million lives in the United States alone, these aren’t the only fatalities caused at least in part by the virus. A small but growing number of Americans are surviving acute infections only to succumb months later to the lingering health problems caused by long COVID. Much of...
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Long COVID Has Caused Thousands of US Deaths: New CDC Data
While COVID has now claimed more than 1 million lives in the United States alone, these aren’t the only fatalities caused at least in part by the virus. A small but growing number of Americans are surviving acute infections only to succumb months later to the lingering health problems caused by long COVID. Much of...
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US deaths normally change less than 2% each year; in 2020, they rose nearly 23%
by Virginia Commonwealth University A map of the United States showing the rate of excess deaths. The Dakotas, New England, the South and Southwest had some of the highest excess deaths per 100,000 people during the final 10 months of 2020. Credit: Virginia Commonwealth University Extended surges in the South and West in the summer and...