Does anyone know why the discrepancy in US death count between different sources?

[LuckyCharms]

Some showing 29k+, some showing 27k+.

Thank you.

[gibraltar72]

1. I think some use only official numbers

and some use all available sources. Some are just slow to update.

[jimfields33]

2. New York added deaths that they think were corona virus from the pasted

They can’t test but just adding just in case they were.

[Moostache]

3. Some are lying a bit more than others maybe?

Not sure...I do believe that the total number of deaths related to or caused by COVID-19 exposures is certainly higher than either number though...

New York data of unexplained deaths at home being an order of magnitude higher than previous years is pretty damning...but in the end, THOUSANDS are dead, THOUSANDS more are going to die and MILLIONS of families are hurting and will be worse off before this gets better, while in DC we are being led by an insane man who would be lucky to find his own ample ass with both hands...

The mind reels...

[Igel]

4. I'd have to look at the sources.

Some update more frequently.

One site was waiting to see if there was some sort of historical distribution to the added NYC deaths. While having an accurate final count is good, knowing the actual distribution over time is required for any sort of projection to be valid.

For politics, the total's going to be what people like to highlight.

For public health and actual governing, you need the distribution. Without the distribution, the old numbers, unadjusted, are actually more useful (assuming some sort of consistency in the ratio of tested-deaths to untested),

[greenjar_01]

5. New York City added about 3000 deaths yesterday using different criteria

They are people who died presumably from COVID-19 complications but had no confirmatory test. The deaths go back over several weeks. Many died in their homes.

World-o-meter hasn't added them, while other counters have.