(CNN) If large-scale shutdown policies -- such as ordering people to stay home and closing schools -- were not implemented after the coronavirus pandemic reached the United States, there would be roughly 60 million more coronavirus infections across the nation, a new modeling study suggests. The researchers found that, across all six countries total, shutdown interventions prevented or delayed roughly 530 million total infections -- which, based on testing procedures and how cases were defined, translates to about 62 million confirmed cases. The study had some limitations, including that available data on infections and measures across the countries were limited and the study can only suggest estimations about what could have happened. "Our empirical results indicate that large-scale anti-contagion policies are slowing the COVID-19 pandemic," the researchers wrote in the study. Even though that study did not include an analysis on Covid-19 deaths, a separate study that also published on Monday examined deaths across Europe.

Source: CNN June 08, 2020 18:00 UTC