Excess U.S. deaths hit estimated 37,100 in pandemic's early days, far more than previously known
SATURDAY, MAY 02, 2020
The United States recorded an estimated 37,100 excess deaths as the novel coronavirus spread across the country in March and the first two weeks of April, nearly 13,500 more than are now attributed to covid-19 for that same period, according to an analysis of federal data conducted for The Washington Post by a research team led by the Yale School of Public Health.
U.S. passes 50,000 deaths, a quarter of all global fatalities
FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2020
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 51,000 on Friday, more than a quarter of all the virus-related deaths reported worldwide and quickly approaching the number of Americans - 58,200 - who died during the Vietnam War.