Covid-19 was third leading cause of death in 2020, driving record rise in death rate and nearly two-year drop in life expectancy

kamal December 22, 2021

Covid-19 was third leading cause of death in 2020, driving record rise in death rate and nearly two-year drop in life expectancy
Covid-19 claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the United States in 2020, driving a record increase in the death rate and a drop in life expectancy of nearly two years, according to final 2020 death data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.