U.S. deaths from heart disease, diabetes climbed amid pandemic
June 9, 2021
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The United States saw remarkable increases in the death rates for heart disease, diabetes and some other common killers in 2020, and experts believe a big reason might be that many people with dangerous symptoms made the lethal mistake of staying away from the hospital for fear of catching the coronavirus.
The death rates posted online this week by federal health authorities add to the growing body of evidence that the number of lives lost directly or indirectly to the coronavirus in the U.S. is far greater than the officially reported COVID-19 death toll of nearly 600,000 in 2020-21.
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