Here's a typical report, from USA Today a few days ago: "As the outbreak continues to surge across the southern states, Florida, Texas and South Carolina set records for new daily deaths, reporting 156, 129 and 69, respectively."
In Arizona's case, 106 of the reported deaths on Saturday resulted from a periodic review of death certificates.
The same thing happened in Florida, when a wave of news reports screamed about how the state had recorded 156 deaths in one day last week.
Of the 743 deaths reported in the state over the past week, only 348 of them actually occurred in that week, the rest happened sometime earlier.
In Texas, a Dallas Morning News headline shouted that "As Texas sees a record 174 coronavirus deaths in a day, Gov. Greg Abbott pleads for use of masks."
The CDC notes that its more recent daily death counts are certainly too low because it takes time to record the deaths as being due to COVID-19.
Unlike in New York, New Jersey and other northeastern states that panicked, these states aren't sending COVID-19 patients into nursing homes, where some 40% of deaths nationwide occurred.
In Arizona's case, 106 of the reported deaths on Saturday resulted from a periodic review of death certificates.
The same thing happened in Florida, when a wave of news reports screamed about how the state had recorded 156 deaths in one day last week.
Of the 743 deaths reported in the state over the past week, only 348 of them actually occurred in that week, the rest happened sometime earlier.
In Texas, a Dallas Morning News headline shouted that "As Texas sees a record 174 coronavirus deaths in a day, Gov. Greg Abbott pleads for use of masks."
The CDC notes that its more recent daily death counts are certainly too low because it takes time to record the deaths as being due to COVID-19.
Unlike in New York, New Jersey and other northeastern states that panicked, these states aren't sending COVID-19 patients into nursing homes, where some 40% of deaths nationwide occurred.
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