Daily Mail: Data map shows 45% of US counties are seeing uncontrollable spread of COVID-19 outbreaks - as latest model predicts 224,000 American deaths by beginning of November
* The data map, compiled by Esri, shows that 45% of US counties are seeing an 'epidemic trend', or uncontrollable spread, of coronavirus cases
* This uncontrollable spread is occurring across the Sun Belt states and parts of the Midwest
* Of the 3,141 counties across the US, 1,415 are currently experiencing an epidemic outbreak and 1,103 are seeing spreading trends, which is an outbreak that could still be controlled if preventative measures are taken
* Only a handful of states - including Arizona, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida and South Carolina - are only experiencing epidemic or spreading trends
* Currently, the number of infections across the US has surpassed 3.4 million and more than 137,000 Americans have died from the virus
* The latest modeling projects the number of COVID-19 deaths in the US to increase by 20,000 in four weeks
* The University of Washington's IHME model forecasts the near-universal use of masks could save 40,000 lives between now and November
Forty five percent of counties across the United States are currently battling uncontrollable COVID-19 outbreaks, a data map shows - as the latest models predict the number of deaths will surge by at least 20,000 in the next four weeks.
The data map, compiled by spatial analytics company Esri, shows that an 'epidemic trend', or uncontrollable spread, of coronavirus cases is occurring across the Sun Belt states and parts of the Midwest.
Of the 3,141 counties across the US, 1,415 are currently experiencing an epidemic outbreak and 1,103 are seeing spreading trends, which is an outbreak that could still be controlled if preventative measures are taken, the data shows.
Only a handful of states - including Arizona, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida and South Carolina - are only experiencing epidemic or spreading trends.
Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgie, North Carolina and Tennessee are the states where only one or two counties are not currently seeing an uncontrollable spread.
Texas and California - two hot spot states - have a handful of counties that have controlled the spread, according to the data map.
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WNU Editor: My brother lives in California, and he tells me that the situation is getting worse .... Californians turn against each other amid 2nd coronavirus shutdown (L.A. Times). Fortunately where I live (Montreal, Canada), the situation has definitely improved. My friends in family in Russia and Ukraine are telling me that the situation is improving, but slowly.
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