It’s time for our next 14-day moving average determinations and projections for infections and deaths from SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) for the United States. We use the Worldometers aggregators data set to make our projections of future total infections and deaths, since it includes data from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Military, federal prisons, and the Navajo Nation.
14-Day Moving Averages of SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Deaths
| 9/12/20 | 8/28/20 | 8/14/20 | 7/31/20 | 7/17/20 | |
| Average Deaths per day | 823* | 963 | 1,050 | 1,070 | 714 |
| Average Infections per day | 39,951** | 43,884 | 54,597 | 66,748 | 61,512 |
The SARS-CoV-2 infections and subsequent deaths have decreased in each of three previous 14-day periods. In the last 14 days, the number of infections has decreased by 3,933 infections per day, and average deaths per day have decreased by 140 deaths per day.
As of 9/11/20 we have had 197,177 deaths and 6,636,247 SARS-CoV-2 infections in the United States.
Our new projections for the United States are that by October 4, 2020 we will have had 211,283 total deaths and 7,507,249 infections.
Our new projections for the United States are that by November 4, 2020 we will have had 241,734 total deaths and 8,972,116 total infections.
David C. Wright, M.D. 