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Death toll from coronavirus likely understated, data suggesting
These increases belie arguments that the virus is only killing people who would have died anyway from other causes.
By Josh Katz , Denise Lu and Margot Sanger-Katz New York Times
Total deaths in seven states that have been hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic are nearly 50% higher than normal for the five weeks from March 8 through April 11, according to new death statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is 9,000 more deaths than were reported as of April 11 in official counts of deaths from the coronavirus.



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Death toll from coronavirus likely understated, data suggesting - StarTribune.com

Likely says it all.