COVID-19 Is No. 3 Cause Of Death In US, Death Rate Higher In Black Counties

The novel coronavirus has now infected more than 5.4 million Americans, killed more than 170,000 and the death rate is 3.5-times higher in predominantly-Black counties — and the disparity is widening, according to new studies.

“COVID is now the No. 3 cause of death in the US -- ahead of accidents, injuries, lung disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and many, many other causes," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, per CNN. “The rate of deaths from COVID-19 is also much greater in the US than in many other countries. Last week, Americans were eight times more likely to get killed by COVID than were Europeans."

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