A new ensemble forecast published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects up to 217,000 COVID-19 deaths in the United States by Oct. 3.
The new national ensemble forecast predicts that 3,300 to 8,000 new COVID-19 deaths will likely be reported during the week ending Oct. 3, and a total of 205,000 to 217,000 COVID-19 deaths will be reported by that date.
"The state- and territory-level ensemble forecasts predict that over the next 4 weeks, the number of newly reported deaths per week may increase in 1 jurisdiction and decrease in 10 jurisdictions," said the projection posted on the CDC website Thursday.
The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 6.4 million as of Friday afternoon, with more than 192,700 deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Enditem
