The number of daily U.S. deaths from the coronavirus is declining again after peaking in early August, but scientists warn the disease could rebound this fall with the arrival of cooler weather and a rise in indoor gatherings.
FILE - In this July 28, 2020, file photo, a man arrives at Starr County Memorial Hospital in Rio Grande City, Texas. The number of daily U.S. deaths from the coronavirus is declining again after peaking in early August, but scientists are warning that a new bout with the disease this fall could claim more lives.
“We have to change the way we live until we have a vaccine,” said Ali Mokdad, professor of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. In other words: Wear a mask. Stay home. Wash your hands. Now about 700 Americans are dying of the virus each day. That’s down about 25% from two weeks ago but still not low enough to match the early July low of about 500 daily deaths, according to an Associated Press analysis of data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
In Texas, about 3,500 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Thursday, a measure that’s been improving since peaking July 22 at 10,893. What’s ahead may be worse because the virus is likely to have a seasonal swing similar to other respiratory illnesses, Mokdad agreed. Spain’s health minister pushed back against comments by President Donald Trump, who claimed Thursday that the United States had done “much better” than the European Union in fighting the pandemic.
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