The death data that the CDC has received and processed by yesterday, December 4, have a total of 2,893,571 deaths for weeks 1 through 48 (ending November 28). This number is incomplete because of a lag in reporting. The CDC estimates that there are at least 73,000 more deaths in weeks 1 through 48 that haven't yet been received and processed.
(Note that this data includes the last 3 days of 2019.)
But even with the incomplete count, we have already surpassed 2018 and 2019.
It's difficult to make predictions, especially about the future, but it looks we're on track to have 3.2 million to 3.3 million deaths this year. We won't have a firm grasp on the numbers until March.
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The death data that the CDC has received and processed by yesterday, December 4, have a total of 2,893,571 deaths for weeks 1 through 48 (ending November 28). This number is incomplete because of a lag in reporting. The CDC estimates that there are at least 73,000 more deaths in weeks 1 through 48 that haven't yet been received and processed.
(Note that this data includes the last 3 days of 2019.)
But even with the incomplete count, we have already surpassed 2018 and 2019.
It's difficult to make predictions, especially about the future, but it looks we're on track to have 3.2 million to 3.3 million deaths this year. We won't have a firm grasp on the numbers until March.