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A face mask covers the mouth and nose of one of the iconic lion statues in front of the New York Public Library Main Branch on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in New York, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption toggle caption Ted Shaffrey/AP A face mask covers the mouth and nose of one…

Private hospital group expects high number of Covid-19 patientsVan den Heever was responding to models made available by government on Wednesday night. It showed the country could face around 40 000 deaths by the end of November, and at least 1 million Covid-19 cases. It also showed that, in both the optimistic and pessimistic scenarios,…

Models that estimate the rapid spread or quick extinction of the coronavirus have become the latest partisan flashpoint in a politicized pandemic that has Americans searching for answers — and finding sharply contrasting information.The impressions those models have left are reminiscent of polling that showed former Secretary of State Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonGovernment warns…

As Gov. Jay Inslee weighs the economic cost of coronavirus closures against the health risks to Washington state residents, high on his daily reading list are the latest results from a suite of computer models.Some are from top universities around the world. Others are homegrown. All are attempting to peer into an uncertain future and…

“A lot of people still believe we are in a worst-case scenario, and that’s actually not true,” said Dr. Peter Dunn, a vice president overseeing inpatient capacity management at Mass. General. “The curve is flattening even more and it is due to all the many community- and government-based efforts to minimize the spread.”Dunn also cited…