United States Surpasses 80,000 Coronavirus Deaths

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WASHINGTON DC – The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced today that the United States has surpassed 80,000 deaths from the COVID-19 or complications from the coronavirus.

As of noon today, the United States has 1,358,901 million corornavirus cases.

As of 2 p.m. today, there are more than 4.4 million cases of the virus worldwide.

As of noon, the CDC said there have been 80,820 deaths in the U.S. due to the virus.

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As of April 14, 2020, CDC case counts and death counts include both confirmed and probable cases and deaths.

A confirmed case or death is defined by meeting confirmatory laboratory evidence for COVID-19.

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A probable case or death is defined by one of the following:

• Meeting clinical criteria AND epidemiologic evidence with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19
• Meeting presumptive laboratory evidence AND either clinical criteria OR epidemiologic evidence
• Meeting vital records criteria with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID19

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