Bloomberg We May Be Underestimating the Coronavirus Death Toll A spokeswoman for the U.S. Center of Disease Control acknowledged `` We know that [ the stated death toll ] is an underestimation '' , Coronavirus death toll : Americans are almost certainly dying of covid-19 but being left out of the official count - The Washington Post a statement corroborated by anecdotal reports of undercounting in the U.S.Coronavirus : Doctors At Hospitals Say COVID-19 Death Numbers Aren ’ t Consistent The first confirmed death was on 9 January 2020 in Wuhan .
The CDC estimated that the death toll of the 2009 swine flu in the United States was higher than the number of fatalities officially confirmed .