COVID-19 deaths in 2021 have surpassed last year's count, CDC data shows; other developments

COVID-19 deaths in 2021 have surpassed last year's count, CDC data shows: Live updates COVID-19 has killed more people in 2021 than 2020, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows. Latest updates. YahooNews

COVID-19 has killed more people in 2021 than 2020, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows.

The disease was reported as the underlying cause of death or a contributing cause of death for an estimated 377,883 people in 2020, accounting for 11.3% of deaths, according to the CDC. As of Monday, more than 770,000 people have died from the coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University data. That means over 15,000 more people have died in 2021 than last year from COVID-19 – and there's still more than a month left.

The CDC figures only account for reported deaths, and it's likely that more people died in 2020 due to COVID-19 than the recorded number; 2020 coronavirus-related deaths in the U.S. weren’t tracked until February. New COVID infections are now on the rise in 38 states and health officials have been bracing for the possibility of a surge in cases over the winter.

In other developoments:

►Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday condemned rioters in Rotterdam and other Dutch cities over the weekend as “idiots” and said police and prosecutors would bring them to justice. The riots broke out during protests against lockdown measures.

►SOMOS Community Care, a physician-led network of doctors, will host joint Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway and Vaccine Drives throughout New York City’s most-vulnerable, at-risk neighborhoods Tuesday. ...

►Connecticut is experiencing a more rapid increase in COVID-19 cases than any other state: The state has averaged 738 daily cases over the last week, which represents a 116% increase over two weeks earlier, the Hartford Courant reported. ...

-- The New York Assembly's investigation into former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's conduct in office concluded the Democrat's administration misrepresented how many nursing home residents died of COVID-19, according to a lawmaker who reviewed the committee's still-secret report. The report, compiled by the New York City law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell, covers a wide array of allegations of misconduct by Cuomo, including sexual harassment claims and the participation of his staff in writing his book on the coronavirus pandemic. ...