January 28, 2021
The CDC s most recent forecast predicts the total number will reach around 500,000 by the end of February.
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The new director of the CDC said as many as 90,000 Americans are still projected to die from coronavirus in the next month. Though I am encouraged by these trends, our case rates remain extraordinarily high and now is the time to remain vigilant, said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention. If we continue on the current trajectory, the CDC most recent . forecast predicts that 479,000 to 514,000 COVID-19 deaths will be reported by February 20, 2021.
The CDC reports more than 47 million vaccine doses have been distributed and nearly 24.7 million have been administered.
Two weeks ago, Washington had the third-lowest rate of average daily COVID-19 cases in the country. As of Sunday, the state's daily case rate ticked up as it had the sixth-lowest spread, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The jump wasn't too significant. On Jan. 3, the state had an average of 18.8 cases per 100,000 daily over the previous week. On Sunday, the same number was 27. The states to report lower average daily.
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1of78This handout illustration image obtained February 27, 2020 courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows the coronavirus,COVID-19. - President Donald Trump has played down fears of a major coronavirus outbreak in the United States, even as infections ricochet around the world, prompting a ban on pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. China is no longer the only breeding ground for the deadly virus as countries fret over possible contagion coming from other hotbeds of infection, including Iran, South Korea and Italy. There are now more daily cases being recorded outside China than inside the country, where the virus first emerged in December, according to the World Health Organization. (Photo by Handout / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CR