India, Oct. 26 -- The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced major changes to its Social Security number database to make its records more accurate. The agency has called this the most comprehensive records cleanup in its 91-year history.

The SSA said it has corrected records linked to nearly 15% of all active Social Security numbers since the beginning of US President Donald Trump's administration. These changes include adding dates of death and updating missing citizenship information, according to Yahoo Finance.

The database covers approximately 330 million US citizens and nearly 390 million records in total, the SSA said. The agency uses these records to help manage Social Security benefits and verify people's informatio...