Newly released projections reveal the worst impacts of the coronavirus in California may still be nearly a month away.
The rate of COVID-19 deaths is expected to peak on April 25 with 148 deaths per day, according to data released Thursday by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a research center at the University of Washington. The data also predicts the number of coronavirus cases in California will largely fade away by July after peaking on April 24. The entire U.S. is expected to experience its coronavirus peak 11 days earlier, April 14, suggesting preventive measures made early on in California, such as social distancing and school and business closures, may be helping “flatten the curve” on future coronavirus cases.