NOTICE: Dec. 8: As of today, COVID-19 and all of its combined variants are no longer a pandemic. CDC figures show that throughout all of 2023 and most of 2022, Influenza, Pneumonia, and other diseases track significantly worse in terms of mortality and injury. As COVID-19 dropped to a level consistent with the commonality of earth's contagion landscape, I've chose to stop posting the numbers of CDC as of January 5, 2024. This is now part of my archive.
The 2020 counts have remained unchanged throughout 2022 - 2023 and, for the ease of reading and the sake of page load time, can be found at COVID-19_Dec30_2023.
Oct. 8: As of this day the CDC began counting C-19 mortality rates back to Jan. 1, 2022 again. As before when they stopped counting prior to June 4, 2022 back to Jan. 1, to today, 4 months, I've found no statement saying why the count was halted or why it began again. I also don't have any conjecture. The numbers I transcribe here represent only the data that the CDC provides without my interpretation.
Sept. 2: Since June 4, 2022, I noticed that the CDC took a new direction and stopped counting the mortality rates of previous years. This was the practice throughout 2021 and the first six months of 2022. I've searched for the announcement stating why the wall went up but haven't found anything yet. When I do I'll link it here.
Below is a CDC Notice for their website, not this one. The FeoNews COVID-19 chart is expected to run to the end of 2023 should the count continue in archive.
Datasets linked on this page will be available on data.cdc.gov. Please note that these datasets will no longer be updated after September 27, 2023.
Provisional data is available on CDC WONDER (wonder.cdc.gov). Data are updated weekly, and users can query data by a variety of demographic, geographic, and temporal options.
Please direct questions and inquiries to cdcinfo@cdc.gov with the subject line "NVSS Mortality Surveillance Data".
Sep. 16
1,397
Sep. 9
1,305
Sep. 2
1,182
Aug. 26
1,053
Aug. 19
919
Aug. 12
751
Aug. 5
670
July, 29
546
July, 22
535
July, 15
507
July, 8
488
July, 1
541
June, 24
577
June, 17
610
June, 10
631
June, 3
693
May 27
739
May 20
757
May 13
838
May 6
950
Throughout the month of May, the CDC has made a major overhaul of the mortality rates it once covered, drastically lowering death counts by many thousands throughout 2023 and 2022, as well as far slighter increases and decreases in 2021.
End of the Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Declaration
What You Need to Know
The federal COVID-19 PHE declaration will end on May 11, 2023.
Most tools, like vaccines, treatments, and testing, will remain available.
CDC's ability to collect and share certain data will change.
CDC is updating its guidance to align with data changes.
May 11, 2023, marks the end of the federal COVID-19 PHE declaration. After this date, CDC's authorizations to collect certain types of public health data will expire.
These benefits will disappear when Biden ends the Covid national and public health emergencies in May
President Joe Biden intends to end the Covid-19 national and public health emergencies on May 11, the White House said Monday. That means that many Americans could have to start paying for Covid-19 testing and treatment after the declarations cease.
CDC & FDA Identify Preliminary COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signal for Persons Aged 65 Years and Older
- CDC, Updated Jan. 13, 2023
Jan. 7
3,877
2022
Jan. 1: It came to my attention that a significant part of the population had no idea how many people die from influenza every year, fully separate from COVID-19.
People are, in fact, going so far as to ignore standard Pneumonia precautions, focusing only on COVID-19, as if the mortality rate between the two is so wide that Pneumonia is something to safely disregard.
There is only an approximate 11.45% difference in the mortality rates and there are months when Pneumonia mortality rate surpasses COVID-19 mortality rate.
This is the way Pneumonia's annual average mortality rate has existed throughout the centuries since Pneumonia was first tracked.
The CDC charts it, so beginning with 2022, I've added the mortality rate for Pneumonia.
Week ending date in which deaths occurred
All deaths involving COVID-19 (U07.1)1
Deaths involving Pneumonia (3)
Dec. 31
3,667
5,444
New data show the #COVID19 variant #XBB.1.5 is projected to make up 40.5% of COVID-19 cases nationally. See thread below for what we currently know and on what you can do to protect yourself.
"COVID-19 remains an ongoing public health threat; however, high levels of vaccine- and infection-induced immunity and the availability of medical and nonpharmaceutical interventions have substantially reduced the risk for medically significant illness, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19. As transmission of SARS-CoV-2 continues, the current focus on reducing medically significant illness, death, and health care system strain are appropriate and achievable aims that are supported by the broad availability of the current suite of effective public health tools. Rapid identification of emergent variants necessitating a shift in prevention strategy makes continued detection, monitoring, and characterization of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants essential. Incorporating actions to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 into long-term sustainable routine practices is imperative for society and public health."
- Greta M. Massetti, CDC, August 11, 2022
Aug. 6
3,380
3,819
July 30
3,407
3,819
July 23
3,237
3,829
July 16
2,937
3,604
July 9
2,592
3,599
The United Kingdom's Government website for the Office for National Statistics, releases the full data of their Deaths by vaccination status, England.
All data is downloadable in reference tables as a Microsoft Excel Open XML Format Spreadsheet file using the .xlxs extension.
- ONS.gov.uk, July 6, 2022
July 2
2,429
3,487
June 25
2,335
3,518
June 25 Update: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared that Monkeypox is not a global health emergency and the CDC immediately restarted their Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), backdating to June 4.
June 18
2,200
3,578
June 11
2,142
3,535
June 4
2,011
3,537
June 3 Update: Provisional death counts are based on death certificate data received and coded by the National Center for Health Statistics as of June 3, 2022.
Notice: The National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) will be undergoing a system-wide upgrade starting June 6, 2022. NVSS COVID-19 surveillance webpages and data files will be paused between June 6, 2022 through June 17, 2022. Data updates are expected to resume on June 21, 2022.
May 28
1,944
3,377
May 21
1,747
3,527
May 14
1,677
3,386
May 7
1,433
3,264
April 30
1,427
3,324
April 23
1,347
3,316
April 16
1,410
3,417
April 9
1,559
3,349
April 2
1,910
3,629
March 26
2,511
3,953
March 19
3,130
4,408
March 15 - CDC Footnotes: "On March 15, 2022, data on deaths were adjusted after resolving a coding logic error. This resulted in decreased death counts across all demographic categories."
The total mortality count is now reduced by approximately 70,000.
FeoNote: Data logs saved from before and after this announcement shows no significant change on a scale reflecting the 70,000 figure.
March 12
4,412
4,836
March 5
6,056
6,133
Feb. 26
8,302
7,313
Feb. 24. Russia formally invades Ukraine.
Feb. 23. Russia orders evacuation of its embassy in Kyiv.
Feb. 22. Vladimir Putin's personal Federation Council unanimously votes for invasion of all Ukraine.
Feb. 21. Russia invades Donbas (Eastern Ukraine).
Feb. 19
11,592
9,169
Feb. 18. Donetsk and Luhansk order mandatory emergency evacuation of their citizens from their capital cities.
Feb. 17. Fighting escalates as Ukraine forces are brought to Donbas to end the hostilities.
Feb. 15. After nearly a year of military build-up along Ukraine's border, Russia openly provides military support to Russian separatists who begin shelling Donbas, (eastern) Ukraine. Tens of thousands flee the area.
Feb. 12
15,352
11,123
Feb. 5
18,797
13,274
Jan. 29
21,019
14,295
Jan. 22
21,394
14,439
Jan. 22 - The John Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences releases a report stating that Lockdowns across Europe and the United States caused more death and damage than COVID-19, while doing virtually nothing to prevent deaths and infection from the virus.
Jan. 21 - CDC cautiously reports a possible 0.0% mortality rate from COVID-19 Omicron Variant (B.1.1.529). TESSy cautiously reports a possible 0.06% mortality rate from COVID-19 Omicron Variant (B.1.1.529).
Jan. 20 - Joe Biden is sworn in as President of the United States of America.
Jan. 15
19,133
13,560
Jan. 8
15,155
11,843
Jan. 1
11,700
10,068
2021
Week ending date in which deaths occurred
All deaths involving COVID-19 (U07.1)1
Dec. 25
10,476
Dec. 18
10,268
Dec. 17 - CDC lists Omicron Variant as a "Variant of Concern". Global Case fatality rate is tracked at 0.0%
Dec. 11
9,744
Dec. 4
8,792
Nov. 27
7,897
Nov. 26 - WHO recognizes Omicron Variant. World Case fatality rate is tracked at 0.0%
Nov. 20
7,326
Nov. 13
7,174
Nov. 6
7,302
Oct. 30
7,975
Oct. 23
8,957
Oct. 16
9,902
Oct. 9
11,199
Oct. 2
12,858
Sep. 25
14,375
Sep. 18
15,246
Sep. 11
15,453
Sep. 4
15,539
Aug. 30 - The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine for people ages 16 years and over.
Aug. 28
14,212
Aug. 21
12,207
Aug. 14
9,425
Aug. 7
6,503
July 31
4,126
July 24
2,770
July 17
1,996
July 10
1,650
July 3
1,549
June 26
1,642
June 19
1,783
June 15 - CDC lists Delta Variant as a "Variant of concern".
June 12
2,049
June 5
2,353
May 31 - WHO recognizes Delta Variant. World Case fatality rate is tracked at 0.3%.
June 1 - Delta Variant, first identified in India in late 2020, becomes dominant variant and kicks off third wave of infections in the summer of 2021.
May 29
2,783
May 22
3,246
May 15
3,694
May 8
4,015
May 1
4,181
April 24
4,615
April 21 - U.S. surpasses 200 million vaccines administered.
April 17
4,461
April 10
4,325
April 3
4,213
March 27
4,465
March 20
4,912
March 13
5,734
March 13 - U.S. surpasses 100 million vaccines administered.
March 6
6,742
Feb. 27
8,675
Feb. 20
10,835
Feb. 13
13,551
Feb. 6
17,069
Jan. 30
20,363
Jan. 25 - First U.S. case of Brazil variant of coronavirus reported in Minnesota.
Jan. 28 - First U.S. case of South African variant of coronavirus reported in South Carolina.
Jan. 23
23,734
Jan. 16
25,743
Jan. 9
26,028
Jan. 2
24,895
Dec 30 - First case of UK variant of coronavirus reported in Colorado.
UPDATES:As of January 24, 2022
The astonishing spread of the Omicron variant could help set the stage for the pandemic to transition from overwhelming to manageable in Europe this year, a top health official said on Monday, potentially offering the world a glimpse at how countries can ease restrictions while keeping the virus at bay.
Full story at The New York Times.
As of December 01, 2021
First detected on November 22 in Botswana laboratories and reported by South Africa to WHO on November 24, the latest variant of COVID-19 or
SARS-CoV-2, is named Omicron (variant B.1.1.529) on November 26. WHO labels it a "Variant of concern" on the advice of their TAG-VE.
As of November 13, 2021
The CDC, which since July 2021 has virtually left the 2020 death toll counts alone excluding minor single digit tweaks, began reshuffling the 2020 mortality rate in earnest, although nothing that comes close to the allegedly high numbers Anthony Fauci (Head of NIAID) and Bob Anderson (Chief chief of NVSS) claimed the previous president suppressed. Since the arrival of the new administration, there have been no major leaps in the overall death count of 2020 despite the fact that the head of CDC announced they'd counted significantly higher numbers but were not allowed to reveal them under Trump.
As of August, 2021
The Delta Variant aka India Variant, was first classified in India on May 31, 2021. It's one of three variants from lineage B.1.617 of COVID-19. It's theorized to be responsible for the February 2021 second wave of COVID-19 deaths in that country. It was first identified by multiple sources in the U.S. in August.
As of September 11, 2021
Evidence builds that COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan, China lab. It's the only theory with any supporting evidence behind it. Despite the U.S. Media and Facebook's contrary reporting, there remains no science research or evidence to refute this. In fact, as of this writing, there was never evidence to substantiate a counter claim, according to WSJ and MIT, despite claims by the U.S. Media.
As of May 24, 2021, the CDC has yet again decided that no deaths in the U.S. happened in the week of Jan. 4. This following news that the long labeled "Conspiracy Theory Hoax" of COVID-19 originating in a Wuhan, China lab is still the only theory that has any supporting evidence behind it. Further, there was never any science research or evidence that conclusively proved or suggested otherwise. In fact, as of this writing, there is no evidence to substantiate a counter claim, according to WSJ and MIT.*
"The WHO-led team that visited Wuhan concluded in a joint report with Chinese experts in March that the virus most likely spread from bats to humans via another animal, and that a laboratory leak was "extremely unlikely."
However, team members said they didn't view raw data or original lab, safety and other records. On the same day the report came out, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the team hadn't adequately examined the lab leak hypothesis, and called for a fuller probe of the idea."
As of July 3, 2021, the CDC has decided that the death of Patient 0 in the U.S.A. DID NOT occur on Jan. 4, but one week later on Jan. 11, seven days before China reported their first COVID-19 death on Jan. 18.
As of May 18, 2021, the CDC decided that the death of Patient 0 in the U.S.A. DID occur on Jan. 4, thirteen days before China reported their first COVID-19 death on Jan. 18.
As of April 3, 2021, the CDC decided that Patient 0 in the U.S.A. DID NOT occur on Jan. 4, but two weeks later in the week of Jan. 18 with three separate Patient Zeros.
As of Dec. 15, 2020
COVID-19 Vaccines were administered in the U.S., with health-care workers and older people living in health facilities getting the first of the 2.9 million doses already manufactured.
Mutiple media sources report that the first COVID-19 death did not occur in the U.S. until February 3, 2020, but as of April 2021, CDC maintains that C-19 deaths occurred in January.
NYT reports that the first death by COVID-19 in China happened on Jan. 11, 2020. CDC reports three deaths in the U.S. by Jan. 18, 2020. NYT maintains that the first death in the U.S. did not happen until Feb. 29, 2020 - Leap Year day. NYT also maintains that, due to the inherent incompetence of the Chinese Government, precautions, cautions, and other measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 were intentionally bungled by the Chinese bureacracy. A Timeline of the Coronavirus Pandemic (Way Back Machine at archive.org).
This is not meant to be either a damning or glib statement regarding conflicting news from various sources. What's important to remember is that no one source has all the answers and believing otherwise is a matter of faith. The spread of such faith in single sources for news leads to misinformation, as we've repeatedly seen throughout the years and which current events in 2023 have spotlighted still again. It will continue to happen.
Throughout the 37 months of doing this graph, and the 34 months of making it public here, I arbitrarily locked the updates whenever I felt a curious change took place. Please note that my curiosity factor in archiving these frozen moments is due to my personal filter and so only empirical.
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