US virus death toll crosses 27,900

Nine states in the US, which has the world’s maximum coronavirus caseload, have emerged as outliers with less than 1,000 cases and less than 30 cases per day at a time when the country’s death toll soared beyond 27,900 and government relief checks began arriving in American’s bank accounts as the economic damage piled up.

Predictive models from the University of Washington, used by the White House, are projecting a peak death toll of more than 68,000 by August 2020 assuming full social distancing in place.

Laying out the latest data, White House coronavirus co-ordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said some states like California, Washington State and Oregon “never really had a peak”.

Birx credited the blunted infection curves of these areas to strong and early mitigation efforts.



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