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Summary List PlacementCalifornia has activated its "mass fatality" program as novel coronavirus cases and deaths continue to soar, NPR reported.   It comes as Gov. Gavin Newsom announced an average of more than 160 deaths per day over the last week, and ordered 5,000 additional body bags to distribute to counties experiencing record deaths, KRON-TV reported.  The California Office of Emergency Services said the mass...

Summary List Placement At least 250,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 so far as of Wednesday, according to data from John Hopkins University.  The death count has surpassed any previous estimates on the toll of the pandemic, and the leading US model now predicts as many as 438,941 deaths from the novel coronavirus by March 1, 2021.  Earlier this week, the COVID Tracking Project...

Summary List Placement Across the US, coronavirus outbreaks across seem to be larger than ever before. On Saturday, 12 states hit record seven-day rolling average case counts, according to a Business Insider analysis of data from The COVID Tracking Project, which compiles data from state and territory-level public health authorities. Alaska, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, and...

If the coronavirus continues to rage on, the US could experience the worst public health crisis in modern history, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Robert Redfield warned, saying that the mixture of coronavirus with the annual flu season could lead to a public health crisis.  He advised people to not only "wear a mask, social distance, wash your hands, and be...

The US has broken records for daily coronavirus case counts five times in the last 12 days. Deaths have not surged, however, possibly because the virus is mostly spreading among young people. COVID-19 progresses over weeks, though, so death tolls may still start climbing. Although various databases offer differing daily US case counts, they tell the same story overall: Cases skyrocketed after states reopened....

An estimated 3,000 Americans could die from COVID-19 each day by June 1, according to internal Trump administration projections that The New York Times published Monday. If 3,000 people died from the virus every day during the month of June, that would mean 90,000 people would die, which would surpass the current death toll of 68,000. About 1,750 people in the US are currently...

At least 7,000 people have died from COVID-19 in nursing homes, The New York Times reported.  More than 4,100 care center facilities may be dealing with coronavirus across the country.  Deaths in care centers account for almost 20% of the US entire coronavirus deaths.  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. At least 7,000 people have died of the coronavirus either in or associated...