LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its latest forecast of expected U.S.
coronavirus deaths, predicting that between 12,600 and 23,400 Americans will die of COVID-19 during the week ending January 2.By January 2, the health agency is also predicting that between 332,000 and 362,000 Americas will have died from the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic.The updated forecast put out by the CDC on Wednesday consists of a combination of data from over 40 modeling groups and comes as the country inches toward 300,000 deaths.
On Wednesday, the U.S. recorded more than 3,000 coronavirus deaths, the highest in a single day since the onset of the pandemic, according to the COVID Tracking.