But because of the strict shelter-in-place orders that have been put in place all across the country due to the coronavirus car crashes and deaths caused by them are in a very steep decline. For example, in California, car fatalities were down 50% during just the first three weeks of safer-at-home orders.
Drowning deaths are also down a massive 80%.
Just those numbers by themselves are good news but for people waiting desperately for a new organ, it’s pretty bad. This is also happening at a time of year when normally these kinds of deaths are on the rise because of more people traveling leading to more accidents on the road and during vacations.