Coroners in some parts of the country are overwhelmed. Funeral homes in coronavirus hot spots can barely keep up. Newspaper obituary pages in hard-hit areas go on and on. COVID-19 is on track to kill far more people in the United States this year than the seasonal flu. But determining just how deadly the new…
The number of people who have died in the US due to Covid-19 climbed to over 40,000 on Sunday, according to calculations by Reuters and Johns Hopkins University. The American death toll is the highest in the world and is almost two times larger than the figures from Italy, which is currently ranked second in terms…
The coverage on this live blog has ended — but for up-to-the-minute coverage on the coronavirus outbreak, visit the live blog from CNBC's U.S. team.Global cases: More than 2.33 millionGlobal deaths: At least 161,000Most cases reported: United States (735,287), Spain (194,416), Italy (175,925), France (152,978), and Germany (143,724). The data above was compiled by Johns Hopkins University as of 8:00…
Coroners in some parts of the country are overwhelmed. Funeral homes in coronavirus hot spots can barely keep up. Newspaper obituary pages in hard-hit areas go on and on. COVID-19 is on track to kill far more people in the United States this year than the seasonal flu. But determining just how deadly the new…
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(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…