Excess U.S. deaths hit estimated 37,100 in pandemic's early days, far more than previously known
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/05/02/excess-deaths-during-covid-19/
The United States recorded an estimated 37,100 excess deaths as the novel coronavirus spread across the country in March and the first two weeks of April, nearly 13,500 more than are now attributed to covid-19 for that same period, according to an analysis of federal data conducted for The Washington Post by a research team led by the Yale School of Public Health.
The Yale teams analysis suggests that the number of excess deaths accelerated as the pandemic took hold. There were 16,600 estimated excess deaths just in the week of April 5 to April 11, compared with 20,500 over the prior five weeks.
Though the teams estimate of the impact early in the outbreak already paints a picture of unusually high mortality, the number is certain to grow as more deaths are reported to the federal government on a rolling basis.
I think people need to be aware that the data theyre seeing on deaths is very incomplete, said Dan Weinberger, a Yale professor of epidemiology who led the analysis for The Post.
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