"Although it’s unclear where the Facebook user found the numbers, the CDC did not lower the death count, nor did it admit adding influenza and pneumonia to its COVID-19 death count. As April ended, there were more than 60,000 confirmed deaths … Therefore, the data shown on this page may be incomplete, and will likely not include all deaths that occurred during a given time period, especially for the more recent time periods.”Despite incomplete death counts, archived versions of both of the CDC’s coronavirus death counts – provisional and confirmed and probable – have continued to increase since the virus started spreading. Death rates of both the flu and the coronavirus vary widely between age groups — the two seem to be most fatal in people over 65 years old. During the 2018-19 season, about one out of every 1,000 people who got the flu died.Many states, including Washington, Mississippi, and New York, have barred visitors from nursing and retirement homes.But the most crucial difference between the flu and the coronavirus is that the latter is far deadlier.However, breaking down the numbers by age range reveals a more complex story. (The CDC does not know the exact number because the flu is not a reportable disease in most parts of the U.S.) The agency estimates the total number of flu infections in the US via its influenza-surveillance system, which gathers flu data from state and local partners and projects nationwide totals using infectious-disease models."Unless you are hospitalized and a diagnosis will impact your care, you will not be tested," New York City's health department said.A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation.The flu's death rate varies depending on the strains circulating each year. The claim: CDC admitted adding flu and pneumonia deaths to COVID-19 death count. Source: https://wonder.cdc.gov States are categorized from highest rate to lowest rate. This season CDC estimates that, as of mid-March, between 29,000 and 59,000 have died due to influenza illnesses. Note: Data for specific race groups may not be available because there is often not enough mortality data for the CDC to report a reliable rate. African Americans had the lowest at 35.6 percent.
This number lags the number of confirmed and probable cases because, according to the CDC’s website, “it can take several weeks for death records to be submitted to (NCHS), processed, coded, and tabulated. PLoS Med. Among children, there was about one death per every 10,000 cases. An average coronavirus patient infects two to 2.5 others. For those 65 and older, the rate rose to about 83 out of 10,000 people.