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The United States has seen around 300,000 more deaths than usual since late January, two-thirds attributable to Covid-19 and the rest due to other causes, according to a US government study.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report said that overall, an estimated 299,028 excess deaths occurred from late January through October 3, 2020, of which 198,081 (66%) were caused by Covid-19.
Excess deaths is defined as the number of people who have died from all causes, above the expected number of deaths for a given time and place.
Deaths from circulatory diseases (including high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes), Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia and respiratory diseases increased in 2020, according to the report.
For reference, the CDC compared weekly deaths in 2020 to the average weekly deaths from 2015-2019.
While the highest number of excess deaths (94,646) was recorded among people aged 75 to 84 years, the group that experienced the greatest increase was that of adults aged 25 to 44 years.
Their excess death rate increased by 26.5%, while the excess death rate among those under 25 years of age decreased by 2%.
The Latino and Black communities were hit hard, with excess deaths of 53.6% and 32.9%, respectively. The excess of deaths among Asians increased by 36.6%.
For white people, deaths were 11.9% higher compared to the average figures during 2015-2019.
Some of these deaths may have been misclassified and were in fact attributable to Covid-19, while others may have occurred “due to interruptions in access to or use of healthcare,” according to the report.
As of today, the death toll from coronavirus in the US stands at more than 220,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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