Covid-19 is now a leading cause of death in the U.S.

The Washington Post has the story:

Covid-19 is rapidly becoming America’s leading cause of death
By Dan Keating and Chiqui Esteban

Kidney disease is moved down to number 10.

Of course, "cause of death" is a squishy kind of data, since a given death can be recorded in different ways. See yesterday's post on how Covid-19 also contributes to kidney failure, (and how dialysis in crowded clinics can expose kidney failure patients to infections of all sorts, including corona virus).