Observed and forecasted new and total reported COVID-19 deaths as of October 12, 2020.Interpretation of Forecasts of New and Total Deaths\u2022 This week CDC received forecasts of COVID-19 deaths over the next 4 weeks from 44 modeling groups. Of the 44 groups, 39 provided forecasts for both new and total deaths, three groups forecasted total deaths only, and two forecasted new deaths only.\u2022 This week\u2019s national ensemble forecast indicates an uncertain trend in new COVID-19 deaths reported over the next four weeks and predicts that 3,400 to 7,100 new deaths will likely be reported during the week ending November 7, 2020. The national ensemble predicts that a total of 229,000 to 240,000 COVID-19 deaths will be reported by this date....