American Indians/Alaska Natives had the highest long COVID death rate--CDC study of long Covid deaths

Long COVID played a role in thousands of deaths: CDC A new report from the CDC published early Wednesday found long COVID was the underlying or contributing cause of death for more than 3,500 Americans. ABC News ABC News

Results showed long COVID played a role in 3,544 deaths, with the condition listed as either an underlying or a contributing cause of death.

"This is the first time that we've used death certificate data from the National Vital Statistics System to identify deaths with long COVID," Farida Ahmad, a health scientist at the NCHS, told ABC News. "Because this is a new analysis and the first time we're looking at long COVID in death certificates, I think a lot of the aspects of the report stand out as unique."

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