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    # What is the overall trend in deaths?

    ## What is this report useful for?

    This report allows you to see which counties and areas have been most affected by the pandemic.

    Death counts can provide indication of how damaging a given wave of the pandemic roughly 2-4 weeks after the worst has passed.

    Deaths are a **lagging indicator**, as it may take weeks or even months before an infected patient passes away.
    Accordingly, deaths counts are ineffective for personal decisionmaking as they only give you insight into the past.

    *If death counts **do** closely follow case counts, that may indicate an outbreak of a highly-dangerous variant.*<br/>
    *If 4 weeks to a month after an increase in cases deaths do not appreciably rise, that may indicate that a particular variant is relatively benign.*
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