Covid still killing Americans faster than guns, cars and flu combined


Virtually all Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths in the United States are now occurring among unvaccinated individuals.

NEW YORK: Even with half the U.S. vaccinated, Covid-19 continues to kill people faster than guns, car crashes and influenza combined, according to a review of mortality data.

The situation has improved dramatically since January, when Covid deaths outpaced heart disease and cancer as the country’s top killer, according to a Bloomberg analysis. Still, for the month of June, coronavirus was responsible for 337 deaths a day. For comparison, the historic average deaths from gunshots, car crashes and complications from the flu add up to 306 a day.

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