CDC Predicts The US COVID-19 Death Toll Could Climb As High As 514,000 Within Four Weeks

The CDC predicts that the US COVID-19 death toll could climb as high as 514,000 within the next four weeks (bottom left). Some of the models it bases its predictions off of suggested there were be another 30,000 deaths by February 20, while others made more modest predictions of fewer than 5,000 deaths in the coming month

Daily Mail: US COVID-19 death toll could rise by more than 86,000 to 514,000 in just 24 days with nearly 3,700 Americans dying in every 24 hour period, White House warns in first Biden-era coronavirus briefing

* CDC's weekly projections predict the US COVID-19 death toll could rise to between 479,000 and 514,000 by February 20 - less than a month from now

* As of Wednesday, the death toll already tops 425,000, including 3,990 fatalities in the past 24 hours. An average of 3,287 people are dying of coronavirus a day in the US

* More than 25.4 million Americans have been infected with COVID-19 since the pandemic began, with 165,891 new cases diagnosed yesterday

* New cases declined by 21% last week compared to the previous week and deaths declined by 4.4%.

* Hospitalizations are down 15% this week compared to last with 108,957 people hospitalized for COVID-19 as of Tuesday

As many as 86,487 Americans are projected to die from the coronavirus in the next 24 days, the Biden administration's new CDC director warned during the first White House briefing of President Biden's coronavirus response team on Wednesday.

Dr Rochelle Walensky said the COVID-19 death toll is set to rise as high as 514,000 by February 20, meaning that an average of 3,697 people will die a day between now and then.

She added that cases, hospitalizations and deaths were all down last week compared to the previous week.

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WNU Editor: On a positive note. U.S. infection numbers are going down .... Covid-19 numbers are dipping in the US, even as variants are lurking and the vaccine rollout lags (CNN). But in the event that these variants do take a hold in the U.S., and the vaccines are not that effective, these numbers will explode.

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