US sets daily Covid-19 death record for the second straight day. Another 80,000 could die in next 3 weeks, new forecast says

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Thu, 2020-12-31 15:48 — mike kraft

A new forecasts projects more than 80,000 Americans could die of Covid-19 in next 3 weeks As 2020 nears its end, the US still is setting one-day records for Covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations. Christina Maxouris, CNN CNN

(CNN)As 2020 nears its end, the US still is setting one-day records for Covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations.

More than 3,740 coronavirus deaths were reported Wednesday, the most tallied in a single day during the pandemic and the second straight day that record was set, Johns Hopkins University data show.

nd the outlook is grim for January. More than 80,000 Americans could die of Covid-19 over the next three weeks, a new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ensemble forecast projects -- offering a stark reminder the nation is still facing challenging times.

The prediction comes amid ongoing vaccine distributions -- a rollout experts say has been slower than they'd hoped. Vaccines will only make any meaningful impact once they're widely available to the public, possibly not until summertime, experts have said.

In the meantime, Covid-19 hospitalizations are soaring. The US set a record Wednesday for the number of patients in hospitals on a given day, at 125,200, according to the Covid Tracking Project.

nd many states are reporting alarming trends.

In Georgia, where the average number of new daily coronavirus cases is more than double what it was just six weeks ago, officials are again preparing to use Atlanta's large convention center as an overflow medical center. The Georgia World Congress Center "will begin accepting patients at the end of this week," with 60 beds available, Gov. Brian Kemp said Thursday.

California's Los Angeles County hit a grim milestone Wednesday, surpassing 10,000 total Covid-19 deaths, and one health official there said any progress made over the summer had "completely evaporated." Texas reported a record number of hospitalizations for the third day in a row. Mississippi and Louisiana saw their highest single-day case counts. ...

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