A well-known coronavirus model previously cited by the White House forecasts massive deaths.
Specifically, more than 317,000 US deaths from Covid-19 by December.
As of Friday morning, the model projects that 317,312 people may die from the illness.
This marks an increase of about 8,000 deaths from a previous estimate the model one week ago.
Another forecast by the US CDC puts the number of US deaths at 200,000 by September 19.
