Total COVID-19 Deaths

Search below to see a state’s total number of COVID-19 deaths and to compare it with the totals of other states. Use the map to explore COVID-19 death counts across the U.S. Map (USAFacts ... Read More

New COVID-19 Deaths per Day

Search by state below to see the number of new COVID-19 deaths reported per day and to compare daily totals between states. Use the map to explore daily COVID-19 death counts across the U.S. Map ... Read More

How US life expectancy rates changed as COVID deaths wane, drug overdoses persist

The COVID-19 pandemic and fatal drug overdoses are causing a large death toll in the U.S. COVID ... with Mayo Clinic in Arizona told USA TODAY that "up to 25% of longevity is genetic." ... Read More

Mayor of city with 1st known US COVID-19 case on how she navigated crisis

A state-by-state analysis conducted by ABC News in mid-May found more than 37,600 deaths attributed ... Franklin leads us through her personal experience as the COVID-19 crisis unfolded in her ... Read More

Free COVID tests: Why you can no longer order through government program via USPS delivery

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. A spokesperson for the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, or ASPR, confirmed to USA TODAY that the agency will stop ... Read More

Army vet's wife stabbed 28 times, toddler found fatally stabbed in backyard pool: Warrant

A United States military veteran has been charged ... Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund. Read More

Preliminary autopsy finds Riley Strain’s death ‘accidental’ with no foul play suspected

University of Missouri student Riley Strain’s death was “accidental,” according ... Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK The student was visiting Music City with his Delta ... Read More

Massachusetts, DC impose new travel restrictions

The United States has ... the national death toll grew 18.7%, according to an internal Federal Emergency Management Agency Memo obtained by ABC News. The U.S. COVID-19 death toll, as of Friday ... Read More

Dismembered goats, chicken found at University of Rochester: Deaths may be 'religious in nature'

The dismembered remains of three farm animals whose deaths officials believe ... to employees provided to USA TODAY. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Read More

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Fueled by fentanyl, drug overdose deaths have quadrupled in past 2 decades

Fentanyl has increasingly contaminated the illegal supply of cocaine in the United States because the ... loss from overdose death in their orbit, USA TODAY previously reported. Read More

In Hospital Deaths from Medical Errors at 195,000 per Year USA

An average of 195,000 people in the USA died due to ... 575,000 preventable deaths occurred from 2000 to 2002. Patient-safety incidents with the highest rates per 1,000 hospitalizations were ... Read More