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University of Washington forecasts 300,000 US Covid-19 deaths – Malay Mail
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 — Nearly 300,000 Americans could be dead from Covid-19 by December 1, University of Washington health experts forecast yesterday, although they said 70,000 lives could be saved if people were scrupulous about wearing masks. The prediction by…

The body of a patient, who died during an intubation procedure, is prepared by nurses to be transported to a morgue, at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas July 17, 2020. Reuters pic
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 Nearly 300,000 Americans could be dead from Covid-19 by December 1, University of Washington health experts forecast yesterday, although they said 70,000 lives could be saved if people were scrupulous about wearing masks.
The prediction by the university’s widely cited Institute for …