The CDC is especially worried about one state’s coronavirus death rate

• Coronavirus deaths are predicted to accelerate soon in one western US state, according to the latest weekly estimate released by the CDC.
• The CDC's experts think that Colorado will see an acceleration in coronavirus deaths over the next few weeks.
• By September 5, the CDC is predicting that the US as a whole may see as many as 30,000 additional coronavirus deaths.

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According to Dr. Thomas Frieden, a former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death in the US, with coronavirus deaths ahead of accidents, injuries, lung disease, and diabetes.

That's how he put it in a recent conversation with CNN, adding that the US has averaged more than 1,000 coronavirus deaths per day over the past three weeks. This comes as the latest numbers out of Johns Hopkins University show that more than 5.4 million coronavirus infections have been reported in the US to date, along with more than 170,000 deaths. And the CDC thinks the pandemic is about to get worse, at least from the standpoint of an increase in coronavirus deaths, in one state in particular.

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