US CDC Director: "COVID-19 Deaths Will Exceed 100,000 by June 1"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Yuri] It is projected that the number of deaths from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the United States will exceed 100,000 by next month on the 1st.

On the 15th (local time), CNN reported that Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), forecasted that COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. will surpass 100,000 by June 1.

Director Redfield posted on Twitter that "The CDC tracks 12 different predictive models forecasting COVID-19 deaths in the U.S.," and "As of the 11th, all models predict that deaths will increase over the coming weeks, with cumulative deaths exceeding 100,000 by June 1."

As of the afternoon of the same day, Johns Hopkins University reported 1,441,172 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 87,427 deaths in the U.S. This means that approximately 13,000 more deaths could occur in the next two weeks.

Earlier, on the 12th, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington School of Medicine revised its projection, estimating about 147,000 deaths in the U.S. due to COVID-19 by August 4. This figure is more than double the previous projection (72,433) released by the institute last month.

Concerns are rising that as most U.S. states ease lockdown orders related to COVID-19, the number of patients and deaths may begin to increase again.

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