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Data shows COVID-19 much deadlier than flu

North Carolina is averaging 28 deaths a day from COVID-10, compared with six deaths a week from influenza in the 2018-19 flu season, which was the last season unaffected by the pandemic, WRAL Data Trackers have found.
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North Carolina is averaging 28 deaths a day from COVID-10, compared with six deaths a week from influenza in the 2018-19 flu season, which was the last season unaffected by the pandemic, WRAL Data Trackers have found.

Reporter : Ali Ingersoll
Reporter : Lena Tillett
Web Editor : Matthew Burns
Posted 2021-08-19T19:58:44-0400 - Updated 2021-08-19T19:58:44-0400