COVID mortality rate in context
By:
John Riley
and last updated 2020-12-15 13:59:59-05
HELENA â A meme has been
making the rounds on social media comparing recent daily COVID-19 related deaths to other mass-casualty events in American history. While the recent daily death totals for COVID-19 in the United States are a grave reminder of how many lives are being lost to the pandemic, the data need to be put into context.
According to data compiled by
John Hopkins University of Medicine, one of the primary national and worldwide COVID tracking systems, the United States experienced four of the deadliest days of the pandemic at the beginning of December. There were 2,861 COVID deaths reported on December 3; 2,762 deaths reported on December 2; 2,461 deaths reported Decemeber 1; and 2,439 deaths reported on December 4.