Covid Was 3rd Leading Cause Of Death In 2020.
Covid-19 brought havoc to American and World in 2020 as evidenced by the number of lives it claimed. (CNN)
“Covid-19 claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the United States in 2020, driving a record increase in the death rate and a drop in life expectancy of nearly two years, according to final 2020 death data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics.
Life expectancy at birth fell 1.8 years in 2020, from 78.8 years in 2019 to 77 years, the largest single-year decline in more than 75 years, since World War II.
The death rate — about 835 deaths per 100,000 people — jumped nearly 17% from 2019, the sharpest increase in more than a century since the CDC has been tracking this data.
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The Coronavirus continues its march across the globe in new ways that keep catching health authorities off guard. The latest iteration is the Omicron variant that is causing tremendous rates of infection wherever it travels due to its highly contagious nature. The only effective way to fight the virus is through vaccinations and continued vigilance and scientific research. Convincing the general public to believe in the scientific research is another obstacle that faces continued headwinds.
