The CDC reduced its overall COVID death count by more than 72,000 people last week.

How did the agency explain the revision?

And can we expect the numbers to change again?

I'm John Bickley with Georgia Howe.

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Last week, the CDC retracted more than 72,000 COVID deaths from its roles with little explanation.

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