Preliminary CDC estimates for the 2019-2020 influenza season indicate that as of April 4 2020 between 24000 and 62000 lost their lives to the flu. Many people want to know how the mortality or death data for COVID-19 compare with that of a regular flu season.
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During the 2019-2020 influenza season CDC estimates that influenza was associated with 38 million illnesses 18 million medical visits 405000 hospitalizations and 22000 deaths.
Deaths from the flu 2019. Vaccinations prevented an estimated 6300 deaths in the 2019-2020 flu season. The WHO also states that globally between 290000 and 650000 people die of respiratory deaths each year which are associated with seasonal influenza. 174 patients admitted to intensive care with flu bringing the total in 2019 to 2092 Eight deaths in which flu was a contributing factor bringing the total since September 30 to 23 155 new.
According to data collected by Johns Hopkins University over 180000 people have died so far in the US. Public health officials estimate that 900000 Americans were hospitalized and 80000 died from. If you count flu deaths the way we now count COVID-19 deaths the actual number of reported flu deaths is only about 3000-15000 a year making.
According to mandatory reporting 80 of children who die from the flu are unvaccinated. This matches the highest recorded number for pediatric flu deaths reported during a regular flu season which occurred during the 2017-2018 flu season. The following publication provides information regarding deaths from influenza from 1 January to 31 August 2020.
Estimated Influenza Disease Burden by Season United States 2010. 13 rows Table 1. Deaths due to coronavirus COVID-19 compared with deaths.
August 21 2020 CDC today reported one new seasonal flu-related death in a child that occurred during the 2019-2020 season bringing the total number of flu deaths in children reported to CDC for last season to 188. As flu season gets underway in the United States the futile debate about whether influenza viruses are deadlier than Covid-19 has already reared its. Number of people who died from seasonal flu January to June 2019.
This web page provides weekly preliminary estimates of the cumulative in-season numbers of flu illnesses medical visits hospitalizations and deaths in the United States. CDC does not know the exact number of people who have been sick and affected by influenza because influenza is not a reportable disease in most areas of the US. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the 2019-2020 flu season involved two waves of activity and moderate severity with 38 million people contracting influenza.
All of the conditions mentioned on the death certificate are coded using the International Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision ICD-10. All our mortality data comes from the information collected at death registration. The 2017-2018 flu season was historically severe.
In the past decade they have prevented as few as 3500 deaths in the 2018-2019 season and as many as 12000 deaths in the 2013-2014 season. Add to that the misery of hundreds of.