> But preliminary numbers suggest that the United States is on track to see more than 3.2 million deaths this year, or at least 400,000 more than in 2019.<p>CDC data: 2,777,572 deaths from begining of the year til December 16.<p>Even if we assume that not all deaths has been counted (and year is not over yet), this number probably wont cross 2,9 mio let alone 3 mio:
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on pace for 15% increase YoY, approx ~0.9% compared to long-term of 0.8%<p>also the largest population ever counted here as well, one should expect this number to go up with population growth