The US's second peak seems to be less deadly than the first — but 80,000 more people are still projected to die from now to November

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• As the daily numbers of new US coronavirus cases continue to rise, daily death counts could stay flat or even decline through August, according to new projections.
• But deaths are likely to surge again in the fall. 
• Around 80,000 more people in the US are expected to die of COVID-19 from now to November, according to models from the University of Washington. 
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Those keeping an eye on the US's coronavirus case and death curves will notice a seemingly hopeful trend: Although new daily cases are skyrocketing, daily deaths have remained relatively flat recently. 

Indeed, new projections from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) suggest that this new peak is not expected to be as deadly as the one in April.

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