FILE - New Yorkers adjust to daily life during Phase 2 of reopening following restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic in Brooklyn on July 04, 2020 in New York, New York. SEATTLE - A widely cited University of Washington model predicts U.S.
deaths from COVID-19 will reach nearly 300,000 by Dec. 1.The forecast of 295,011 deaths is 137,000 more than the roughly 158,000 U.S.
deaths reported so far. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) model assumes that many states will impose new stay-at-home orders as deaths climb.The U.S.