Projections of Lives Lost to the Coronavirus by World Regions

IHME Projections of World Regional Lives Lost to the Coronavirus by February 1, and Those Savable by Masking

The IHME World projections start with seven world regions.  We will give the projected deaths from the Coronavirus by February 1, the lives savable by 95% masking, the future lives to be lost with present masking, the percent savable, and the present masking percent in that region.  The table is ordered by the projected number of deaths in each region.

Region Total Deaths Savable Lives Future Deaths Percent Savable Present Masking
Europe, Central Asia 806,668 319,811 544,012 58.8% 53%
Latin America, Caribbean 528,965 31,427 143,507 21.9% 78%
North America 423,650 88,979 251,097 35.4% 69%
South Asia 388,797 147,917 265,723 55.7% 60%
North Africa, Middle East 189,669 76,568 128,272 59.7% 41%
East Asia, Pacific 101,855 25,277 75,083 33.7% 67%
Sub-Saharan Africa 48,743 16,117 22,177 72.7% 44%

We note that with the larger amount of current masking, the smaller percentage of lives to be saved by further masking.

About Dennis SILVERMAN

I am a retired Professor of Physics and Astronomy at U C Irvine. For two decades I have been active in learning about energy and the environment, and in reporting on those topics for a decade. For the last four years I have added science policy. Lately, I have been reporting on the Covid-19 pandemic of our times.
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