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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums19,000 more Americans could die in the next 20 days, CDC composite forecast shows
First, the good news: The numbers of new Covid-19 cases each day in about 27 states have generally plateaued this past week compared to the previous week.
Now, the bad news: "Our levels are still far too high," said Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency physician at Lifespan Health System and associate professor at Brown University.
"We need those masks. We need those large social gatherings, honestly, shut down for the time being, until our country can come up with a comprehensive national strategy to get this virus under control."
More than 4.6 million Americans have been infected with Covid-19, and more than 154,000 have died from the disease, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
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Runningdawg
(4,496 posts)Johnny2X2X
(18,745 posts)7 day rolling average says 23,000 if it doesnt continue to rise. But it is rising. Will be more like 30,000.
bullimiami
(13,043 posts)We havent caught up to the increased cases.
crickets
(25,896 posts)The country can't go on like this for five more months. We just can't. Something has to give.
ProfessorGAC
(64,425 posts)Worldometer is showing a 7 day moving average of 1,129.
The day before it was 1,101.
It seem awfully optimistic to expect the 20 day average will be 950, when it's >1,100 now.
It would to gradually fall to 850 per day (or less) and it's still trending up.