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COVID-19 could kill 115,000 in a month, new model projects
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Jan. 2 (UPI) COVID-19 could kill another 115,000 people in the United States in four weeks, a new model projects, amid the country leading the world in total deaths.
The country recently topped 20.3 million cases, nearly double the amount of any other country in the world, as the country continues to have the most deaths of any country, now at over 349,000, according toJohns Hopkins University global tracker of COVID-19 cases and deaths.
PHILADELPHIA The US topped 20 million total infections and inched closer to 350,000 COVID-19 deaths on the first day of 2021 reminders of a grim reality continuing into the new year.
More people have died across the US than anywhere else: nearly 348,000 Americans since the pandemic s start. About another 115,000 could die over the next month, according to projections from the University of Washington s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
That s while hospitalizations are at the highest levels they ve ever been. The US reported a record 125,379 hospitalized COVID-19 patients nationwide Thursday, according to the COVIDTracking Project. That number dipped slightly Friday, with 125,057 hospitalizations reported about an 163% increase from two months ago.
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By Tommy ChristopherJan 2nd, 2021, 8:24 am
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As the United States goes into the New Year breaking single-day records for coronavirus deaths, data from the Centers for Disease Control suggests the true cumulative U.S. death toll is approaching half a million.
Last week saw two new record daily totals of confirmed Covid deaths of over 3,700, and as of Friday, the official U.S. death toll was 347,870. That’s according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Dashboard, which is generally regarded as the official source for confirmed coronavirus figures.