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Tri-Cities health-related deaths jump 14% over last year
Tri-Cities health-related deaths have jumped more than 14% compared to the first four months of last year.
Data compiled from the Benton Franklin Health District shows that deaths by natural causes — such as disease and old age — totaled 684 this year.
That’s an average increase of about 81 deaths from natural causes for the same four months in 2018 and 2019.
Health officials have linked 50 of this year’s deaths during those four months to the COVID-19 respiratory illness. And, to date, 78 deaths are blamed on the new coronavirus that causes the disease.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/tri-cities-health-related-deaths-jump-14percent-over-last-year/ar-BB14xaOk
