8:28 a.m. ET, January 14, 2021
Covid increased US death rate significantly in second quarter of 2020, according to new CDC data
From CNN Health s Jessica Firger
A Covid-19 disaster morgue made up of refrigerated trailers stands at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in New York, on December 14, 2020. Michael Nagle/Xinhua/Getty Images
Covid-19 caused a significant jump in the US death rate in the second quarter of 2020
The age-adjusted all-cause mortality rate was 769 per 100,000 in the first quarter of 2020 and rose to 840 in the second quarter of the year. Comparatively, the death rate for the second quarter of 2019 was 702 per 100,000.
The report shows that mortality rose significantly in 2020, but it’s an incomplete snapshot of the pandemic since data for only the first two quarters of 2020 are currently available.
Germany s record death toll is very worrying, says infectious disease institute chief
From CNN s Nadine Schmidt in Berlin
Employees move coffins at a crematorium in Meissen, Germany on January 13. Jens Schlueter/AFP/Getty Images
The number of coronavirus fatalities in Germany is very worrying, the head of the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases (RKI) said Thursday, as the country reported its highest single-day pandemic death toll of 1,244.
New Covid-19 infections must reduce massively, Lothar Wieler told journalists in Berlin, adding that intensive care units have never been as exhausted as in recent days.” There are now 5,200 patients being treated in German ICUs with 90% on ventilation.