CDC total deaths snapshot: December weekly #s gained about 4,500 vs. two weeks ago: there are now 4 weeks right near 80K, slightly above the highest April week.
That’s bad. But still hard to square with covidtracking deaths being 50% higher than in April.
Update 19-Feb
Week of 26-Dec is now at 81,406, up by ~1K. The week of 2-Jan is higher now, above 82K, gaining 1-2K.
#### Update 23-May
December totals are now about +26K versus April, or about +6,500/week. That’s pretty much all the discrepancy I was concerned to explain.
That further supports the live CovidTracking numbers from last autumn.
