Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Monday the State of California officially reported that more and 15,000 of its residents have died from Coronavirus.
This comes as daily deaths have been dropping in the state, but that number still remains stubbornly higher than were it was at the beginning of July.For comparison, the flu generally kills about 6,000 Californians each year.
That means the coronavirus has thus far been twice as deadly as the flu, and we haven’t even entered flu season yet.Health experts worry about a “twindemic’ — meaning an outbreak of the flu during the COVID-19 pandemic — could overwhelm hospitals and greatly increase the mortality rate for both diseases.
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