HealthDay Reports: New Predictions Show Daily Coronavirus Death Toll Nearly Doubling By June 1
New reports and projections have the coronavirus death toll in the United States much higher than originally projected. One model raised its projections to more than 134,000 deaths in the United States due to COVID-19 by early August. Previously, the total deaths was projected to be 60,000.
New Predictions Show Daily Coronavirus Death Toll Nearly Doubling By June 1
TUESDAY, May 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- As many states began to reopen their economies on Monday, a new internal report from the Trump administration predicts that will come at a cost: There will be 200,000 new coronavirus cases and 3,000 deaths every day by the end of May.
Those projections, based on data collected by various government agencies, are way up from the current levels of 30,000 new cases and 1,750 deaths a day, The New York Times reported.
Troubling predictions came from more than one source on Monday: A forecasting model from University of Washington researchers also raised its projections to more than 134,000 American deaths from COVID-19 by early August, the Times reported.
That's a doubling from the 60,000 total deaths that was previously predicted, an increase that the researchers said partly reflects "changes in mobility and social distancing policies," the Times reported.
All of the numbers illustrate a grim fact: Even though the country has essentially been in lockdown for the past seven weeks, the coronavirus prognosis hasn't really changed.