COVID-19 could kill 115,000 in a month, new model projects By (0) A man walks two dogs over the confetti that remains on the ground after the New Year's Eve and New Years Day celebration which was closed to the public due to the pandemic. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo 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.