nytimes September 9, 2021 3:01pm When Was the First U.S. Covid Death? C.D.C. Investigates 4 Early Cases #coronavirus2019ncov #deathsfatalities #statistics #morguesandmortuaries #yourfeedscience #centersfordiseasecontrolandprevention #science #news When Was the First U.S. Covid Death? C.D.C. Investigates 4 Early Cases The deaths, spread out across four states in January 2020, have become part of a scattershot collection of clues about the virus’s early spread.