evidence: The CDC publishes official numbers of COVID-19 cases in the United States. The CDC estimates that, between February 2020 and September 2021, only 1 in 1.3 COVID-19 deaths were attributed to COVID-19.[2] The true COVID-19 death toll in the United States would therefore be higher than official reports, as modeled by a paper published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas.[3] One way to estimate COVID-19 deaths that includes unconfirmed cases is to use the excess mortality, which is the overall number of deaths that exceed what would normally be expected.[4] From March 1, 2020, through the end of 2020, there were 522,368 excess deaths in the United States, or 22.9% more deaths than would have been expected in that time period.[5] [...] - ^ Cortez, Michelle Fay (September 25, 2020). "Covid Immunity Remains Low With Under 10% of U.S. Adults Exposed". Bloomberg News. Retrieved March 9, 2021. [...] - ^ Ang, Katerina; Berger, Miriam; Bellware, Kim (June 16, 2021). "United States surpasses 600,000 coronavirus deaths". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 16, 2021.