US: More than 1 million deaths from COVID-19

A doctor intubates a patient with COVID-19 at Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, California, USA on January 8, 2021 – Photo: REUTERS

Specifically, as of the morning of May 16 (local time), the US has recorded 1,000,292 deaths from COVID-19. This data is based on death certificate information collected by the US CDC system in all 50 states, not only for those who died from COVID-19 but also those who died from other causes such as cancer, medical use. drug overdose…

According to the US CDC, of ​​the more than 1 million people who have died from COVID-19 in the country, at least 900,000 have a fatality with COVID-19 as the main cause of death. The remainder had a death certificate stating COVID-19 as a “contributing cause of death”.

Some experts believe that the statistics based on the US CDC’s death records do not fully reflect the actual number of COVID-19 deaths. However, according to researcher Andrew Stokes at Boston University, this is still the most complete statistical data on the number of COVID-19 deaths in the US.

Last week, US President Joe Biden commemorated 1 million people who died from COVID-19 in the country.

In a statement, President Biden called on the nation to move quickly through this pain of loss, stressing the need to continue to take precautions and do everything possible to save as many lives as possible. It’s good that the United States is having higher testing, vaccination, and treatment capacity than ever before.