The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus outbreak could exceed 74,000 by August, according to the University of Washington’s predictive model, often cited by White House officials and state public health authorities.
Global confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 3 million on Monday, as the United States neared 1 million cases, according to a Reuters tally.
Scientists are baffled by how the coronavirus attacks the body – killing many patients while barely affecting others.
The U.S. death toll from the novel coronavirus rose to more than 40,000 on Sunday, the highest in the world and almost double the number of deaths in the next highest country Italy, according to a Reuters tally.
Better-than-expected social distancing practices have led an influential research model to lower the projected U.S. coronavirus death toll by 12 percent, while predicting some states may be able to safely begin easing restrictions as early as May 4.
Hospitalizations of people with the novel coronavirus fell for a second day in New York and the state would send ventilators to Michigan and Maryland, further signs some control is being gained on the outbreak, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday.
The number of cases of COVID-19 reported worldwide passed 2 million, according to a Reuters tally.
The coronavirus outbreak could reach its peak in the United States this week, a top U.S. health official said as more signs of stabilization emerged, but political leaders said a reopening of the economy may hinge on more widespread testing.
The H3N2 flu originated in Hong Kong in July 1968, appeared in the United States during that September, and is still circulating as a type of Influenza A. Globally, about one million people died until the outbreak faded during the winter of 1969-70.
Americans spent a glum Easter Sunday largely confined to their homes by the still-raging coronavirus pandemic as the U.S. death toll neared 22,000, with more than half a million confirmed cases nationwide.
