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CDC: Current numbers of COVID-19 related deaths substantially lower than in summer

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said the numbers of COVID-19 related deaths recorded in recent weeks are substantially lower than those that were recorded in the summer, CNS News reported Tuesday. The figures are based on death certificates supplied to the partly federal National Center for Health Statistics.

COVID-involved deaths have largely trended downward since April, CNS News said. The exceptions were brief periods in early July and “possibly early October.”

Reporting the statistics that reflect the comparative reduction in COVID related deaths, CNS News stated: “For the week ending September 26, 3,809 COVID-involved deaths were reported to NCHS on a preliminary basis. That is 30.31 percent below the 5,466 COVID deaths recorded in the week ending August 29; 53.01 percent below the 8,106 deaths recorded in the week ending July 25; roughly equivalent to the 3,791 deaths reported for the week ending June 27; 37.76 percent below the 6,120 deaths recorded in the week ending May 30, and 77.70 percent below the record 17,082 COVID deaths recorded for the week ending April 18.”

As of November 2, the CDC had recorded 77,398 new COVID cases, bringing the total number of US cases to 9,182,628 since January. “That works out to 24.4 cases per 100,000 people in the last seven days,” CNS reported.

Also as of November, the CDC had recorded a total of 230,383 COVID-related deaths in the US. This figure is 9.73 percent of the 2,365,891 deaths from all causes reported to the CDC since February 1, CNS News said.