The United States has recorded over 1 million excess deaths since February 2020 linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to federal data.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counted more than 1,045,000 excess deaths, a metric used in epidemiology that takes the number of people who die from any cause in any given region and period and then compares it with a historical baseline from recent years. It estimates the number of deaths from all causes during a crisis that goes beyond what would be expected under normal conditions.