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Study forecasts US coronavirus deaths tripling by end of 2020

By Anthony Leonardi
Published May 19, 2020 7:54pm ET
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Study forecasts US coronavirus deaths tripling by end of 2020
Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic. | (Vahid Salemi/AP)

A new study projects that coronavirus deaths in the United States may triple by the end of the year.

The study, conducted by Dr. Anirban Basu, the director of the Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics Institute at the University of Washington’s School of Pharmacy, found that 1.3% of those infected with the novel coronavirus and who show symptoms die.

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