Coronavirus deaths in US projected to come down, people fear undercount

death toll in United States is predicted to rise by alarming numbers as on Tuesday country recorded more than 1,900 deaths and over 30,000 new infections. However, one of its most rewned universities brought down its death toll projection by 26% to 60,000 from 2,00,000 a few days ago. University of Washington h released numbers, which found a place in policymakers and political leers' comments, who say that cases may have reached its peak in some areas. According to reports, New York officials have warned that more people may be dying at home suggesting that city may be undercounting number of deaths. 

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New York mayor Bill Bill De Blasio while talking to press said that number of infections is going down in city and hospitalization of coronavirus-related patients has come down rapidly. Bill said that situation in New York City, hotspot in United States, h stabilized and that need for ventilators is lower than projected in news. 

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United States has recorded over 4,35,000 confirmed infections so far, of which 233 came in last 24 hours. According to data by worldometer, over 14,700 people have lost ir lives in country, while 22,891 have been treated successfully. As per reports, more than 3,97,000 cases are still active in United States and 9,279 remain under critical condition.  

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Coronavirus outbreak

dely coronavirus infection has claimed nearly 88,500 lives across world and has infected over 15,19,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China was most affected country until last month before Italy and Spain surpassed it to record most number of deaths anywhere in world due to COVID-19. United States, France, United Kingdom, and Iran have also overtaken China in terms of COVID-19 death toll. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in China's Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally.

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