Bronson
Stocking | Posted: Jul 17, 2020 8:20 PM
The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the 12th straight week of a
declining coronavirus death rate in the U.S.
"Based
on death certificate data, the percentage of deaths attributed to pneumonia,
influenza or COVID-19 (PIC) decreased from 8.1% during week 27 to 6.4% during
week 28, representing the twelfth week of a declining percentage of deaths due
to PIC," the CDC website states.
The CDC says
the numbers "will likely change as more death certificates are processed,
particularly for recent weeks," but a 12-week decline is a
well-established trend that just so happens to coincide with states reopening
their economies.
For the week
ending Apr. 18, there were 16,395 deaths involving COVID-19 as reported by the
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). That number has dropped for 12
straight weeks, down to 1,099 deaths reported by NCHS for the week ending Jul.
11. The number of deaths attributed to COVID-19, pneumonia, and influenza has
similarly fallen, from 21,060 for the week ending Apr. 18 to 2,174 for the week
ending Jul. 11.
To get some
perspective, while just over a 1,000 coronavirus deaths were reported for the
week ending Jul. 11, there were 24,723 deaths from all causes in the U.S. For
the week ending Jul. 4, the NCHS reported 2,462 coronavirus deaths out of
42,219 deaths from all causes.
As more
positive cases of COVID-19 are identified, public health experts have pointed to
better treatment options and the fact that more younger people are now testing
positive for the virus. Younger people are less likely to die from the
coronavirus than older people. Gov. Cuomo (D-NY) has also discontinued
his murderous policy of
sending COVID-19 infected elderly patients into nursing homes filled with
vulnerable seniors, so every little bit helps.
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