COVID carnage spreads in U.S. with 4,180 people dead in one day

Over 368,000 total deaths include more than 1,200 healthcare personnel

On Friday, Jan. 8, the CDC COVID Data Tracker website reported 4,180 deaths the day before. This is the first time the number of known COVID-19 deaths has exceeded 4,000 persons in 24 hours in the United States. The total number of people in the United States known to have died due to COVID-19 is more than 368,000 of the 21.8 million people confirmed with the virus officially reported across the country.

The CDC’s daily update of the total number of healthcare personnel who have been infected as of Friday was: 349,664 people, of whom at least 1,202 have died. These numbers are underestimates, however, given the CDC’s caveats: “Data were collected from 15,784,856 people, but healthcare personnel status was only available for 3,051,158 (19.33%) people” and  “For the 349,664 cases of COVID-19 among healthcare personnel, death status was only available for 268,664 (76.83%).”

The long-recommended U.S. measures to stop new infections, plus accelerating the slow rate of COVID vaccinations, must decrease the death rate far below 4000 in a day. If not, then during April the US death total will reach 675,000 i.e., the number of estimated deaths in the U.S. during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic. COVID Carnage.