The United States is marking its deadliest week yet in the coronavirus pandemic. The Atlantic reported:
This week, after two weeks of holiday-muddled death data, the inevitable consequence of these rising hospitalizations arrived. States reported 23,259 COVID-19 deaths this week, 25 percent more than in any other week since the pandemic began. For scale, the COVID-19 deaths reported this week exceed the CDC’s current estimate for flu-related deaths during the entire 2019–20 season.
Our daily update is published. States reported 2.3M tests, 244k cases, 127,235 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 3,679 deaths. The 7-day average for tests is at a record high. pic.twitter.com/QUQ7HYUjL8
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) January 16, 2021
The CDC published a forecast that stated another 92,000 could die from the virus in the United States over the next three weeks. Watch more from CBS This Morning.