Chart: Older workers are worried about high COVID-19 related death tolls: Number of COVID-19 related deaths, January 1, 2020–April 17, 2021 | Economic Policy Institute

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Older workers are worried about high COVID-19 related death tolls: Number of COVID-19 related deaths, January 1, 2020–April 17, 2021

	Deaths
15–24 years old	829
25–54 years old	39,888
55+ years old	510,821

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Source: Authors' analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Provisional COVID-19 Death Counts by Sex, Age, and State data.

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