Link: https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2021/04/02/coronavirus-excess-deaths-study/7781617369688/
Excerpt:
The United States saw 23% more deaths than expected between March 1, 2020, and the start of this year, due primarily to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which suggests the official number of U.S. coronavirus deaths is an undercount, according to an analysis published Friday by JAMA found.
More than 2.8 million people died nationally between when the first confirmed cases of the coronavirus were identified and Jan. 2, the data showed.
That’s roughly 522,000 more than would be expected for the 10-month period, based on figures from 2014 through 2019.
These excess deaths were higher than the number of publicly reported COVID-19 deaths across the country, researchers said.
Author(s): Brian P. Dunleavy
Publication Date: 2 April 2021
Publication Site: UPI