Washington, April 9 -- White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Deborah Birx, during the daily briefing on Thursday said that models available to US health experts now project that mortality due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will be at around 61,000 people, significantly lower than earlier forecasts.
"They have consistently decreased the mortality from over almost 90,000, down to 81,000 and now to 61,000," Birx said adding "That is modeled on what America is doing, that's what is happening."
The analysis, which is publicly available, paints a grim picture of what's to come in the US, even with social distancing in place.
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