Census region increased from 23.4% to 62.7% in the South and from 10.6% to 21.4% in the West.
From May to August, the percentage distribution of COVID-19–associated deaths by U.S. The number of COVID-19–associated deaths decreased from 37,940 in May to 17,718 in June subsequently, counts increased to 30,401 in July and declined to 28,352 in August. Overall, 78.2% of decedents were aged ≥65 years, and 53.3% were male 51.3% were non-Hispanic White (White), 24.2% were Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic), and 18.7% were non-Hispanic Black (Black). During this period, 114,411 COVID-19–associated deaths were reported. This report describes demographic and geographic trends in COVID-19–associated deaths reported to the National Vital Statistics System † (NVSS) during May 1–August 31, 2020, by 50 states and the District of Columbia. During February 12–October 15, 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in approximately 7,900,000 aggregated reported cases and approximately 216,000 deaths in the United States.* Among COVID-19–associated deaths reported to national case surveillance during February 12–May 18, persons aged ≥65 years and members of racial and ethnic minority groups were disproportionately represented ( 1).
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