Covid-19 is the leading cause of death in the US this week, health institute reports
From CNN's Amanda Sealy
A deceased patient in a body bag is seen in the Covid-19 intensive care unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston on November 29. Go Nakamura/Getty Images
Covid-19 is the leading cause of death in the United States this week, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and the University of Washington.
In a news release Friday, IHME said that daily deaths in the last week increased to an average of 1,660 per day, up from 1,470 the previous week.
Behind Covid-19 – with a total of 11,820 deaths – the other top causes of death were...
One thing to note: IHME made its calculations by assuming uniform deaths of non-Covid causes throughout the year.
Remember: These numbers were released by IHME and may not line up exactly in real time with CNN’s database drawn from Johns Hopkins University and the Covid Tracking Project.