As many as 215,000 people in the US have died as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, new CDC figures suggest

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• As many as 215,000 more people than usual died in the United States between January and July 2020, the Associated Press reported Friday.
• The death toll, from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suggest COVID-19 is killing more people than officially registered.
• People of color make up 40% of the US population but 52% of "excess deaths," according to an analysis by the AP and The Marshall Project.
• Over 175,000 people in the US are confirmed to have died from the coronavirus, per Johns Hopkins University.
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The coronavirus has killed tens of thousands of Americans — 175,000 and counting — but the real death toll could be as much as 35% higher than officially acknowledged, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As the Associated Press reported Friday, the number of total deaths between January and July 2020 was as much as 215,000 fatalities higher than normal, with people of color accounting for a majority of those killed. That compares to roughly 150,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 during the same time span.

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