Incoming CDC director expects 500,000 coronavirus deaths by mid-February

Incoming CDC director expects 500,000 coronavirus deaths by mid-February

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The incoming director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Sunday that she expects the U.S. to reach 500,000 COVID-19 deaths by mid-February.

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She noted that the U.S. reached nearly 4,000 deaths per day and nearly 400,000 deaths from coronavirus.

“By mid-February, we expect half a million deaths in this country,” she said.

Walensky stressed that the numbers are not the “tens of thousands” of people who have recovered from COVID-19, but have an ‘uncharacterized syndrome’. She also said that the US has not yet ‘seen the consequences of what happened to the holiday trip’, which according to the future director will lead to a high number of hospitalizations and deaths thereafter. ‘

“I think we have a few more dark weeks ahead,” she said.

The U.S. counted more than 23.8 million COVID-19 cases and 397,252 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The death toll reached new heights during the cooler months, and between January 12 and 16, the U.S. recorded at least 3.6,000 deaths per day, according to The COVID tracking project.

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After Margaret Brennan, moderator of “Face The Nation”, asked Walensky how often she would hold briefings, the incoming director said she would “inform as often as I can” and “as often as new information comes in.”

“If there are new things to report, you’ll hear from someone at the CDC, and it could very well be me,” she said.

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