WASHINGTON - More than 477,000 people could die from COVID-19 in the U.S. by early February, while a new and far more infectious strain of coronavirus could dominate in the country by March, the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned.The warning comes as the U.S. continues its largest vaccination campaign in history, an effort that has gotten off to a slow start.
The more contagious variant of the coronavirus originally detected in the U.K. could fuel further spread, the CDC said Friday.