The researchers found that 114,411 COVID-19-associated deaths were reported during the study period. Overall, 78.2 and 53.3 percent of the decedents were aged ≥65 years and male; 51.3 percent were non-Hispanic White, 24.2% Hispanic or Latino, and 18.7% non-Hispanic Black, respectively.
There was a decrease noted in the number of COVID-19-associated deaths, from 37,940 in May to 17,718 in June, followed by an increase to 30,401 in July and decrease to 28,352 in August.
The percentage distribution of COVID-19-associated deaths increased from 23.4 to 62.7 percent in the South and from 10.6 to 21.4 percent in the West during May to August. The percentage of decedents who were Hispanic increased from 16.3 to 26.4 percent during the same period.
