The differences between the four trackers in terms of the number of total deaths they reported over time is shown in Fig. 4; this is analogous to Fig. 2 mentioned earlier, only that one applied to cases rather than to deaths. This figure clearly shows that NYT has been reporting more deaths than COVID Tracking Project since late March, and that the number of excess deaths reported by NYT compared to COVID Tracking Project has been fairly steady throughout the month of May. The grey line (NYT-JHU) has been very close to the x-axis for the entire month of May, indicating that NYT and JHU have been the two closest during this month in terms of the total number of deaths they have reported. For roughly the second half of April and all of May, we also see the NYT reporting more deaths than USAFacts, but only slightly more, not nearly so many more as NYT is reporting compared to COVID Tracking Project.