FILE PHOTO: General view of booths in a parking lot set by the Orange County for social distancing to safely issue licenses and marry couples after marriage services resumed for couples whose nuptials were postponed, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Anaheim, California, U.S., April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Better-than-expected social distancing practices have led an influential research model to lower its projected U.S. coronavirus death toll by 12%, while predicting some states may be able to safely begin easing restrictions as early as May 4.
The University of Washington's predictive model, regularly updated and often cited by state public health authorities and White House officials, projected on Friday that the virus will take 60,308 U.S. lives by Aug. 4, down from 68,841 deaths forecast earlier in the week.
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