LOS ANGELES - With more 170,000 deaths in the U.S. attributed to the disease, COVID-19 is now the No. 3 cause of death among Americans, former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Thomas Frieden said.“Covid is now the No.
3 cause of death in the US — ahead of accidents, injuries, lung disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and many, many other causes,“ Frieden told CNN on Monday.According to CDC data from 2017, heart disease was the leading cause of death among Americans (647,457 deaths) followed by cancer (599,108 deaths).