Gov Newsom says projections show CA will run out of current ICU beds before Christmas Eve

California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday he may impose tougher coronavirus restrictions over the next two days, including a second stay-at-home order, to counter surging COVID-19 hospitalizations that threaten to overwhelm intensive care units before Christmas Eve.  Newsom said projections show ICU admissions are on track to exceed statewide capacity by mid-December unless public … Read more

UK is OUT-PACING SAGE’s ‘worst case scenario’ projections of 85,000 Covid-19 deaths in second wave

Britain’s second coronavirus wave is already on track to surpass the Government’s ‘worst case scenario’ projection of 85,000 deaths, concerning data suggests. In a newly-published leaked paper that was circulated through Downing Street over summer, SAGE – the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies – warned that daily Covid-19 fatalities could rise to as many as … Read more

Coronavirus may be traveling along US interstates as people travel, projections show

Coronavirus has become a dire situation for states like Texas, Arizona and Florida – and the latest projections suggest it will only get worse over the next month.  Models created by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) PolicyLab and updated on Wednesday predict that cases will only continue to surge in these states, as well … Read more

New projections scale back US coronavirus death toll to 60,000

The estimated death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States has been lowered from 82,000 to 60,000 after new projections scaled back the number of fatalities over the next four months by 26 percent.   The updated projections has also brought forward the peak day of deaths to April 12 where an estimated 2,212 deaths … Read more