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CDC Says Impact of Pandemic on US Mortality Underestimated

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   A [1]new study released Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
   and Prevention says nearly 300,000 more people in the United States
   died between late January and early October-- two thirds of them due to
   the novel coronavirus outbreak.

   The federal health agency estimates that of the 299,028 "excess" deaths
   in the country during that period, more than 198,000, or just over
   two-thirds, could be attributed to COVID-19, although they were not
   recorded that way on official death certificates. The study says the
   other excess deaths were due to other causes.

References

   1. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6942e2.htm

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