COVID-19 Is Now the Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.

October 2021 Scientific American Data analysis and visualization design
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The weekly mortality data from CDC showed that COVID-19 had surpassed stroke, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes to become the third leading cause of death in the U.S. I charted how the virus repeatedly spiked to become the country’s top killer during peak waves.