According to a report by CNN on December 4, local time, statistics from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and the University of Washington show that new coronary pneumonia has become the leading cause of death in the United States this week.
IHME said in a press conference on Friday (4th) that the number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia last week exceeded the number of deaths from heart disease and cancer for the first time, becoming the leading cause of death in the United States.
Among them, the number of new crown deaths reached 11,820, the number of deaths from heart disease was 10,724, the number of deaths from lung cancer was 3965, and the number of deaths from stroke was 3643.
(CCTV reporter Liu Xu)