NEW YORK (AP) — US health officials say 2021 is shaping up to be even deadlier than last year. Anderson said it’s likely that the nation will see more than 3.4 million deaths in 2021. A large reason is COVID-19, which hit the US hard around March 2020 and became the nation’s No. Officials had hoped COVID-19 vaccines would slash the death count. Indeed, that’s a big part of why COVID-19 deaths could climb despite the availability of effective vaccines, Mokdad said.
