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2020 US deaths top 3M, by far most ever counted
- verdverm 6y agoon pace for 15% increase YoY, approx ~0.9% compared to long-term of 0.8% also the largest population ever counted here as well, one should expect this number to go up with population growth
- URfejk 6y ago> But preliminary numbers suggest that the United States is on track to see more than 3.2 million deaths this year, or at least 400,000 more than in 2019. CDC data: 2,777,572 deaths from begining of the year til December 16. Even if we assume that not all deaths has been counted (and year is not over yet), this number probably wont cross 2,9 mio let alone 3 mio: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm