06
May
2020
CDC provisional death counts are not final and often lag behind other data sources by one to two weeks.
The page that these claims are taken from says very clearly, Provisional death counts may not match counts from other sources, such as media reports or numbers from county health departments. Our counts often track one to two weeks behind other data for a number of reasons. The reasons listed are, quote, And other reporting systems use different definitions or methods for counting deaths. They further go on to say that, quote, Provisional death counts are not final and subject to change. From the very webpage that's being used as a source, the best claim that you can make is that the numbers there are a picture of what is probably about two weeks behind, possibly a glimpse into how things looked two weeks ago.