COVID-19 Deaths as compared to other causes of Death (US Only) Week 6 mid-Week update

Below is weekly and annual comparison data from 4/4/2020 - 4/10/2020 @ 8:07 am PST 4/8/2020
Note: Averages have a *; Comparative Analysis and Pneumonia are highlighted in blue; COVID-19 is highlighted in Yellow

Weekly

Annual

Analysis

As of mid-week 6:

• COVID is around 3.5 times more deadly than the High Flu peak weekly deaths benchmark at the mid-week point.
• COVID is the 3rd most prevalent form of death in the US based on averaged weekly benchmarks at the mid-week point. 
• COVID deaths have increased by around a factor of 2.2 since mid-week 5 (N = 2,572)

Corrections

After last weeks post the source data for mortality data made a correction in their totals due to a few reporting errors from states.  No large metric needs to be adjusted from last week; however, the total cases for the week ending 4/3/2020 should be revised to 5,826 which is a reduction of 277 deaths. 

These revised totals are reflected in the data moving forward.