We've all been living with COVID-19 for years, and a big question remains: how many people are still dying from it? A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) aims to answer that for 2022 by looking at age-adjusted COVID-19-associated deaths across the United States. The report describes the data, but the publicly available summary doesn't include the actual death counts, rates, or how they compare to the previous two years. This means we know the report exists and its topic, but we can't yet see the trends, understand which age groups were most affected, or gauge the pandemic's shifting impact. For now, this serves as a reminder that the pandemic's toll is still being counted, and we need the full details to make sense of where we stand.
What happened to COVID-19 deaths in the US in 2022? A new report looks.
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