deaths attributed to COVID-19 on death certificates in 2021, as of Jan. deaths attributing COVID-19 as an underlying or contributing cause on death certificates in 2020.īy contrast, there were 446,197 U.S. Data must be received and processed by the National Center for Health Statistics.ĬDC data indicates there were 385,443 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on COVID-19 deaths since CDC data is less frequently updated. The outlets used the dashboard data instead of data from the U.S. They used Johns Hopkins data as an up-to-date marker of 2021 deaths and compared that to the CDC's official count of 2020 death certificates. National outlets including USA Today, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Forbes all reported in late November that the number of deaths in 2021 exceeded those in 2020. The dashboard has tracked how the world is faring against COVID-19 since the pandemic's early days. 2 newsletter email pointed to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center's global map that tracks active cases, vaccines administered, and deaths worldwide.
6 and three phone calls) to confirm the email and ask about the source but received no answer. We reached out to Williams' office (five emails starting Dec. 21 tweet by Williams that said, "Americans are WORSE off under this Administration than ever before," citing "More COVID deaths under President Biden than President Trump."Īt the request of a reader, we're fact checking this claim: is it true that, despite vaccine availability, more people died from COVID-19 in 2021 than in 2020? The Johns Hopkins dashboard tracks active cases and deaths worldwide He linked this increased level of deaths to President Joe Biden and credited the vaccine development to former President Donald Trump's Operation Warp Speed, a federal agency partnership to accelerate the development and distribution of the vaccine. Roger Williams, R-Austin, said in an email, "According to the latest data from John (sic) Hopkins University, the number of COVID-19 deaths recorded so far in 2021 has surpassed the total for 2020." While our resistance to the virus has improved with the vaccine, the pandemic persists. Watch Video: COVID-19 claims 800,000 US lives: Delta and omicron variants surgeĢ021 was the year COVID-19 vaccines became widely available to Americans after a grim 2020.
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