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COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 Activity

NCHS Mortality Surveillance Data

NCHS Mortality Surveillance Data
Updated Aug. 7, 2020
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This graph shows pneumonia and influenza (P&I) mortality data provided to CDC by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Mortality Reporting System.
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NCHS Mortality Surveillance Data
For the Week Ending August 1, 2020 (Week 31)
Data as of August 6, 2020
Year Week Total Deaths Pneumonia, Influenza or
COVID-19 Deaths
Number % of Total Baseline Threshold
2019 40 52,564 2,730 5.2 5.3 5.7
2019 41 53,090 2,799 5.3 5.4 5.7
2019 42 54,338 3,010 5.5 5.5 5.8
2019 43 54,049 3,027 5.6 5.6 5.9
2019 44 54,087 2,956 5.5 5.7 6.0
2019 45 55,700 3,113 5.6 5.8 6.2
2019 46 55,886 3,145 5.6 5.9 6.3
2019 47 56,199 3,066 5.5 6.0 6.4
2019 48 55,465 3,064 5.5 6.2 6.5
2019 49 57,303 3,427 6.0 6.3 6.6
2019 50 57,658 3,597 6.2 6.4 6.7
2019 51 57,424 3,518 6.1 6.5 6.8
2019 52 58,458 3,740 6.4 6.6 6.9
2020 1 59,934 4,509 7.5 6.7 7.0
2020 2 60,429 4,587 7.6 6.7 7.1
2020 3 58,991 4,492 7.6 6.8 7.2
2020 4 58,576 4,366 7.5 6.9 7.2
2020 5 58,460 4,265 7.3 6.9 7.3
2020 6 59,214 4,311 7.3 7.0 7.3
2020 7 58,528 4,367 7.5 7.0 7.3
2020 8 58,613 4,250 7.3 7.0 7.3
2020 9 58,983 4,465 7.6 7.0 7.3
2020 10 59,205 4,580 7.7 7.0 7.3
2020 11 57,925 4,555 7.9 6.9 7.3
2020 12 58,654 5,369 9.2 6.9 7.2
2020 13 62,655 8,264 13.2 6.8 7.1
2020 14 71,900 15,336 21.3 6.7 7.1
2020 15 78,652 20,973 26.7 6.7 7.0
2020 16 76,338 21,149 27.7 6.6 6.9
2020 17 73,363 19,138 26.1 6.5 6.8
2020 18 68,773 16,525 24.0 6.4 6.7
2020 19 66,292 14,226 21.5 6.3 6.6
2020 20 63,899 12,054 18.9 6.2 6.5
2020 21 60,907 9,970 16.4 6.0 6.4
2020 22 58,817 8,784 14.9 5.9 6.3
2020 23 57,741 7,613 13.2 5.8 6.2
2020 24 56,446 6,703 11.9 5.7 6.0
2020 25 55,534 6,328 11.4 5.6 5.9
2020 26 54,740 6,106 11.2 5.5 5.9
2020 27 54,491 6,387 11.7 5.4 5.8
2020 28 54,577 7,277 13.3 5.4 5.7
2020 29 51,686 7,353 14.2 5.3 5.6
2020 30 42,415 5,349 12.6 5.2 5.6
2020 31 20,660 1,602 7.8 5.2 5.5

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