CDC Director Expects 100,000 Virus Deaths in US by June

Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks during the daily briefing of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, at the White House in Washington on April 17, 2020. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Robert Redfield said the statistical models tracked by the agency show the COVID-19 death toll in the United States is poised to pass the 100,000 mark within weeks.

“CDC tracks 12 different forecasting models of possible COVID-19 deaths in the U.S.,” Redfield said in a tweet Friday. “As of May 11, all forecast an increase in deaths in the coming weeks and a cumulative total exceeding 100,000 by June 1.”