Observed and forecasted new and total reported COVID-19 deaths as of August 10, 2020.Interpretation of Forecasts of New and Total Deaths\u2022 This week CDC received forecasts of national COVID-19 deaths over the next 4 weeks from 31 modeling groups. Of the 31 groups, 29 provided forecasts for both new and total deaths and two provided forecasts for total deaths only.\u2022 This week\u2019s national ensemble forecast predicts that 4,200 to 10,600 new COVID-19 deaths will be reported during the week ending September 5 and that 180,000 to 200,000 total COVID-19 deaths will be reported by that date.\u2022 State- and territory-level ensemble forecasts predict that the number of reported new deaths per week may increase over the next four weeks ...