U.S. Covid-19 Deaths in 2021 Surpass 2020’s
12/28/21
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from The Wall Street Journal,
11/20/21:
Pandemic continues to exact huge toll despite vaccines
The number of U.S. Covid-19 deaths recorded in 2021 has surpassed the toll in 2020, according to federal data and Johns Hopkins University, demonstrating the virus’s persistent menace.
The total number of reported deaths linked to the disease topped 770,800 on Saturday, Johns Hopkins data show. This puts the pandemic-long total at more than twice the 385,343 Covid-19 deaths recorded last year, according to the most recent death-certificate data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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