COVID-19 is THE leading cause of death in the U.S. ahead of heart disease and cancer, study finds, with daily tolls tripling in the last month and a record 3,656 Americans deaths yesterday
Researchers looked at daily coronavirus death rates and compared them with mortality rates of the leading causes of death from March to October 2018
Between November 1 and December 13, the seven-day rolling average for daily COVID-19 deaths tripled from 826 to 2,430
Seven-day rolling average mortality rates for heart disease and cancer are 1,700 deaths per day and 1,600 deaths per day, respectively
This means coronavirus claims 1.4 times as many lives as heart disease and 1.5 times as many as lives as cancer