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Analysis: Long Covid has contributed to thousands of U.S. deaths --CDC
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Analysis: Long Covid has contributed to thousands of U.S. deaths --CDC
Wed, 2022-12-14 09:56 — mike kraft![](https://static.politico.com/6f/21/b8258f1f49c3a99b27ad52f3ffb1/virus-outbreak-washington-29137.jpg)
More than 3,500 Americans have died due, at least in part, to long Covid, according to new data from the CDC. The agency’s findings underscore the potential severity of a condition that continues to impact millions but is still poorly understood and — in some cases — dismissed entirely.
The new analysis, published early Wednesday by the CDC’s Center for National Health Statistics, found that 3,544 death certificates between January 2020 and June 2022 listed Covid-19 as a cause of death in addition to citing such terms as “chronic Covid” or “long haul Covid.”
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