Prognosis

U.S. Covid Deaths May Sustain Near-Record Pace Through January

An EMT directs an ambulance outside the emergency room of the East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 6. — An EMT directs an ambulance outside the emergency room of the East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 6.
Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg

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By Jonathan Levin

January 7, 2021 at 7:08 PM UTC

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Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. are likely to maintain a near-record pace at least through the month as mounting hospitalizations offset any positive effect from the halting start to inoculations.