Masks could cut Covid-19 deaths in the US by 130,000, study shows | Malay Mail

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NEW YORK, Oct 24 — Even if state-level governments in the United States reimpose limited social distancing measures to halt the spread of Covid-19, the death toll could more than double by the end of February 2021 to 511,000, according to projections released yesterday. Near-universal mask...

Saturday, 24 Oct 2020 08:35 AM MYT

Near-universal mask wearing over the coming months could reduce that grim tally by nearly 130,000, researchers from the Covid-19 forecasting team at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation found. The US national average of self-reported mask use was nearly 50 per cent as of September — despite mixed messages from some politicians on their efficacy.

Since the first confirmed case on US soil of Covid-19 in January 2020, the virus has infected some 8.4 million people across the nation and claimed more than 223,000 lives.Today, a second — and in some locations third — wave of infection is rising as winter sets in, with the total number of new cases in the US topping 75,000 on October 22, nearly double the daily increase from a month earlier.

In the first, states continue to remove whatever restrictions on movement and social interaction are still in place, leading to more extensive contact among people.At least 152 million people — 45 per cent of the entire population — are forecast to be infected with the virus, which provokes mild or no symptoms in most cases.

 

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