A new graph shows that 748 people per day die from COVID-19 in the U.S., compared with 1,641 cancer deaths and 1,774 heart disease fatalities.
The novel coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease COVID-19, has become the No. 3 cause of death in the U.S., following heart disease and cancer.
The graph uses data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the daily average cause of death and compares this with COVID-19 statistics from Worldometers.info. According to the graph, 748 people per day die from COVID-19 in the U.S., compared with 1,641 cancer deaths and 1,774 heart disease fatalities.
The virus has also caused over 4,000 deaths in the U.S., with over 700 a day, according to the graph. In just three days, from March 20 to 24, daily deaths increased from about 46 to 247. After that, the number of daily deaths continued to increase, and on March 31 COVID-19 became the No. 3 leading cause of daily deaths in the U.S.recently published a similar graph, showing how many deaths the coronavirus could cause over the next year, with a 30 percent infection rate and .5 percent fatality rate.
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