Study: Surging Caseloads May Have Been Responsible for One in Four COVID-19 Deaths

What**'**s the**news. *Nearly one in four deaths due to COVID-19 in U.S. hospitals from March to August 2020 were potentially attributable to hospitals being strained by surging caseloads, says a [July 6, 2021, study inAnnals of Internal Medicine*](https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-1213).