The Worst-Case Estimates <br />for US Coronavirus Deaths Centers for Disease Control (CDC) <br />officials have presented four possible <br />scenarios for the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. The scenarios have not <br />been made public by the CDC. According to the New York Times, <br />the CDC's model of the worst case <br />scenario equates to the infection of <br />between 160 million to 214 million Americans. The current population of the <br />United States is approximately <br />327 million people. Of those infected, <br />between 220,000 and 1.7 million could die. Between 2.4 million and 21 million <br />people in the U.S. could require hospitalization. Currently, there are close to <br />925,000 staffed hospital beds in the U.S. The worst case scenario would <br />result if no action is taken in order to <br />curtail the spread of the virus. An effort to weaken the spread <br />of the virus is currently underway by <br />both the Federal and local governments, <br />as well as major corporations.
