The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now predicts the US will see 400,000 coronavirus deaths by Jan. 20, when President Donald Trump is to leave office. It passed 300,000 in three months, and 400,000 looks set to take just one month, the CDC determined using a collection of mathematical models. Weekly deaths are predicted to rise through Jan. 16, even though national case numbers have been falling for two weeks amid patchy holiday reporting. Only Washington state reported a seven-day average in cases that was substantially higher than it was a week ago, according to Covid Tracking Project data. Nationally, the US posted 162,190 new Covid-19 cases Monday, Covid Tracking Project data show.

Source: Mint December 29, 2020 17:37 UTC