California Passes 60,000 Covid-Related Deaths, Even As Daily Numbers Improve
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deadline.comOn Wednesday, California achieved the lowest Covid-19 infection rate in the continental United States. On Thursday came the grim reminder of the toll the virus has taken on the state: The official number of lives lost to the pandemic crossed 60,000 to 60,086.To put that perspective, in 2017 — a relatively bad year for influenza — CDC stats reveal that 6,340 Californians died of influenza and pneumonia — pneumonia is a common outcome of severe influenza.
So in a little more than a year, Covid-19 has killed nearly 10 X as many Californians as a relatively severe flu.What’s more, Covid-19 had very nearly outpaced the top cause of premature death in the state in 2017, heart disease, which killed 62,797 Californians in that year.
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