White House Disclaims Projection Showing Surge in Virus Outbreak
- Government document projects 2,500 deaths per day by June 1
- Document includes “preliminary analyses” by Johns Hopkins
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An internal U.S. government projection shows the nation’s coronavirus outbreak vastly accelerating by June to more than 200,000 new cases and 2,500 deaths per day -- far more than the country is currently experiencing.
The White House disclaimed the projection, calling it an “internal CDC document” but saying it had not been presented to President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force and didn’t comport with the task force’s own analysis and projections.