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[โ€“] odium@programming.dev 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Your reuters link says 2024-12-03 and nyt link says, 2024-12-04 which explains why nyt has a higher number.

edit: nypost not nyt

[โ€“] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yes, the infection rate is reported as climbing, but the number of fatalities varies greatly.

300/179 in the NY Post vs 376/79 in the posted article