U.S. COVID-19 Deaths: 94 Percent of People Who Died had Contributing Conditions, CDC Reports

U.S. COVID-19 deaths are not all caused by the SARS-CoV-2 as they were also suffering from other contributing conditions, according to new data released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes the coronavirus disease.

The new CDC data showed that 94 percent of those who have died of coronavirus disease in the U.S. was also suffering from other diseases or medical conditions.

And, only six percent of the deaths had COVID-19 as the only cause.

The U.S., so far, has had 183,000 deaths and 6.01 million confirmed cases.

According to the report, the top 10 contributing medical conditions of the 94 percent who died from COVID-19 are the following: influenza and pneumonia, respiratory failure, hypertensive disease, diabetes, vascular and unspecified dementia, cardiac arrest, heart failure, renal failure, intentional and unintentional injury, poisoning and other adverse events, and other medical conditions.

In a report by the WFLA.com, CDC based their report on the provisional death counts to deliver the most accurate and complete overview of COVID-19 deaths.

The CDC added that they are basing their report on the death certificates because these are the most reliable source of information.

Death certificates have data that other pertaining documents do not offer, such as race and ethnicity, place of death, and comorbid conditions.

The provisional death counts may not match counts coming from other sources, such as the data coming from counties' health departments.

CDC explained this is because it will take time for a death certificate to be completed.

Aside from that, the states also have different report rates; officials take extra time to code COVID-19 deaths because different methods are used for counting deaths.

A report from the National Geographic stated that there have been areas that are having an outbreak as schools and universities started reopening for the month of August.

This was noticed, especially in areas that continue to record high number of confirmed cases even before schools reopened, thus this is not a surprise. There are 25 states that have remained to have high COVID cases.

And, while the numbers of new cases and hospitalization have slightly declined, they continue to record at more than 40,000 daily while deaths are at around 1,200 per day nationwide.

Globally, the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases had reached 25 million based on a tally made by The Johns Hopkins University, said an NBC report.

And, the U.S. continues to have the highest number with more than 6 million cases.

Brazil follows at far second with 3.8 million cases, while India has the third-highest number with 3.5 million COVID confirmed cases.

However, the CDC contends that the real number worldwide could be higher. There is a discrepancy in the numbers from around the world because of other countries' limited testing capabilities.

There are also many mild cases of COVID-19 that were perhaps not recognized and thus not recorded.

For sure, other countries tally of COVID-19 deaths may also have a high percentage of those who have contributing conditions.

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