COVID-19, pneumonia, and influenza deaths reported U.S. 2023

Over 12 million people in the United States died from all causes between the beginning of January 2020 and August 21, 2023. Over 1.1 million of those deaths were with confirmed or presumed COVID-19.

Vaccine rollout in the United States

Finding a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine was an urgent health priority since the very start of the pandemic. In the United States, the first two vaccines were authorized and recommended for use in December 2020. One has been developed by Massachusetts-based biotech company Moderna, and the number of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines administered in the U.S. was over 250 million. Moderna has also said that its vaccine is effective against the coronavirus variants first identified in the UK and South Africa.

Number of deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), pneumonia, and influenza in the U.S. as of August 21, 2023

Characteristic	Number of deaths
Deaths from all causes	12,025,845
Deaths with pneumonia, influenza, or COVID-19*	1,741,038
COVID-19 deaths***	1,140,722
Pneumonia deaths**	1,147,399
Deaths with pneumonia and COVID-19**	566,866
Influenza deaths^	22,256

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August 2023

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United States

Survey time period

as of August 21, 2023

Supplementary notes

Data during this period are incomplete because of the lag in time between when the death occurred and processed by NCHS for reporting purposes.
* Deaths with confirmed or presumed COVID-19, pneumonia, or influenza, coded to ICD–10 codes U07.1 or J09–J18.9.
** Pneumonia death counts exclude pneumonia deaths involving influenza.
*** Deaths with confirmed or presumed COVID-19, coded to ICD–10 code U07.1.
^ Influenza death counts include deaths with pneumonia or COVID-19 also listed as a cause of death.

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