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struggle4progress

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Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:07 PM Nov 2020

CDC projects up to 282,000 Covid-19 deaths by December

By Amir Vera, Holly Yan and Christina Maxouris, CNN
Updated 1 hr ago | Posted on Nov 12, 202

(CNN) -- The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts there will be 260,000 to 282,000 coronavirus deaths by December 5, according to a forecast published Thursday.

There are currently at least 10.5 million cases of coronavirus in the US and more than 242,000 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

Unlike some individual models, the CDC's ensemble forecast is based on a group of forecasts the CDC received and only offers projections a few weeks into the future. The previous ensemble forecast, published November 5, projected up to 266,000 coronavirus deaths by November 28 ...

https://www.wnem.com/news/us_world_news/cdc-projects-up-to-282-000-covid-19-deaths-by-december-a-new-forecast-shows/article_8b738c13-d13a-5688-9fd2-9a17c024b70c.html?block_id=994651

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CDC projects up to 282,000 Covid-19 deaths by December (Original Post) struggle4progress Nov 2020 OP
US COVID-19 deaths could hit 400k by end of February struggle4progress Nov 2020 #1
We just had almost 2,000 dead in one day NickB79 Nov 2020 #2

struggle4progress

(118,041 posts)
1. US COVID-19 deaths could hit 400k by end of February
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:09 PM
Nov 2020

by: Nexstar Media Wire
Posted: Nov 12, 2020 / 08:16 PM EST / Updated: Nov 12, 2020 / 08:16 PM EST

DALLAS (NEXSTAR) — A popular model referenced by the White House is projecting around 400,000 COVID-related deaths in the United States by the end of February 2021.

Forecasts from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, an independent global health research organization at the University of Washington School of Medicine, show deaths steadily climbing as we enter what health experts have labeled a “dark winter.”

The model shows a best-case scenario of 370,000 fatalities and worst-case projection of 425,000 deaths based on current health guidelines. The IMHE model predicts roughly 60,000 lives could be saved with a universal mask mandate ...

https://www.wate.com/news/us-covid-19-deaths-could-hit-400k-by-end-of-february-model-finds/

NickB79

(19,113 posts)
2. We just had almost 2,000 dead in one day
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 10:29 PM
Nov 2020

242,000 dead now. 21 days from now at that rate we'll be at almost 300,000.

And I'm being optimistic. We may be over 3,000 dead per day shortly.

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