In other words, since Election Day, about 850,000 new coronavirus cases have been detected, or 1 in 390 Americans. The number of deaths had averaged more than 1,000 each day for the past week, with 1,400 dying Tuesday. The number of cases of infections and the number of hospitalizations have been consistently predictive of the number of deaths that would follow. If we apply those averages to the actual number of cases and hospitalizations, the relationship is clear. But that’s assuming that everything else remains equal: That, for example, hospitals aren’t too overwhelmed to handle new covid-19 cases.

Source: Washington Post November 11, 2020 03:08 UTC