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Today is the peak for daily deaths in the US, coronavirus model says
From CNN's Arman Azad
An influential coronavirus model cited by the White House said that today is the peak day for daily deaths in the United States.
About 2,150 Covid-19 deaths are projected for today and deaths are expected to decline moving forward, according to model from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.
A total of 68,841 people are now expected to die in the US by August, which is up from Friday’s projection of 61,500 deaths.
The model predicts the pandemic will peter out in May, but experts have questioned its assumption that there will be no resurgence of the virus in the summer months
According to the model, the US hit “peak resource use” three days ago, on Friday. The latest update of the model says the US faced a shortage of 7,369 intensive care beds on that date, but it’s unclear whether that occurred.
Hard-hit New York hit its peak number of deaths three days ago, according to the model, but hundreds of deaths are still expected daily for the coming weeks.
Some states are still expected to be weeks away from their peak numbers of deaths: Florida, for example, is expected to hit peak deaths on May 6, when 128 people are projected to die. Texas, for its part, is predicted to hit peak deaths on April 30, when 71 people are estimated to die.
The country’s largest state, California, is projected to hit peak deaths in six days, on April 19, when about 50 people are estimated to die.