We could see “another 100,000 deaths by September,” says a Harvard expert.
Coronavirus deaths in the United States will decrease in June through July, remain flat in August—but then surge again from September through October, according to the University of Washington’s Covid-19David Dee Delgado/Getty ImagesThe model, often cited by the White House, says that the death toll would hit 169,890 by October 1, though this prediction ranges from 133,020 to 274,972.
Though the model indicates that daily deaths will hit 650 by September 17 , this is still below the previous high in the U.S. of 2,278 on April 15. With racial justice protests, congregations in public spaces and no vaccine in sight, a health expert predicted to"We're going to get another 100,000 deaths by September,” Dr. Ashish Sha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, told CNN—resulting from Americans’ willingness to live alongside the virus with 800 to 1,000 people dying per day from it.
"If the U.S. is unable to check the growth in September, we could be facing worsening trends in October, November and the following months if the pandemic, as we expect, follows pneumonia seasonality," Dr. Christopher Murray, the director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington School of Medicine, told CNN.2 million. The U.S.
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