CDC: Covid Officially The Third Biggest Cause of Death in 2020
U.S. Deaths in 2020: 3.3 million. Covid was the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer. "Continued messaging and training for professionals who complete death certificates remains important as the pandemic progresses," researchers said.
AP:
COVID-19 Pushed Total US Deaths Beyond 3.3 Million Last Year
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed total U.S. deaths last year beyond 3.3 million, the nation’s highest annual death toll, the government reported Wednesday. The coronavirus caused approximately 375,000 deaths, and was the third leading cause of death in 2020, after heart disease and cancer. COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. now top 550,000 since the start of the pandemic. COVID-19 displaced suicide as one of the top 10 causes of death, according to the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Johnson, 3/31)
NPR:
COVID-19 Confirmed As 3rd Leading Cause Of Death In U.S. Last Year
COVID-19 was the third underlying cause of death in 2020 after heart disease and cancer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on Wednesday. A pair of reports published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report sheds new light on the approximately 375,000 U.S. deaths attributed to COVID-19 last year, and highlights the pandemic's disproportionate impact on communities of color — a point CDC Director Rochelle Walensky emphasized at a White House COVID-19 Response Team briefing on Wednesday. (Treisman, 3/31)
The New York Times:
Covid Was 3rd Leading U.S. Death Cause In 2020
Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States in 2020, displacing unintentional injuries and trailing only heart disease and cancer, federal health researchers reported on Wednesday. The coronavirus was the cause of death for 345,323 Americans in a year that exacted a steep price in lives lost. In roughly 30,000 additional cases, death certificates cited Covid-19 but it was not deemed the cause of death, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. (Caryn Rabin, 3/31)
Axios:
CDC: Suicides Decreased In 2020
Suicides in the U.S. decreased in 2020, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Critics of lockdowns and other coronavirus-prevention efforts have suggested throughout the pandemic that those measures would drive the suicide rate higher. But that hasn't happened. (Fernandez, 4/1)