Researchers lowered their estimated U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in a recent update of a key model.

The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation lowered its predicted death toll by more than 8,000 on Friday, only four days after its previous calculation, noting that most people have followed the health guidelines put in place by both state and federal governments.

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