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At COVID-19's peak in March and April, diabetes deaths in five states -- Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania -- rose 96% above the expected number of deaths when compared to the weekly averages in January and February of 2020. (Courtesy of JAMA)

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