[coronavirus]REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid * Nearly 350,000 Americans would die of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, before July if all states immediately reopened, according to a new analysis by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. * Researchers surveyed three different models, examining how public-health measures will impact peoples' wellbeing and the economy. * With a full reopening, researchers projected that around 500,000 jobs would be lost by the end of June and over 349,000 people would die of COVID-19. * With a partial reopening, 11.3 million jobs would be lost and more than 160,000 people would die of the virus, according to the analysis. * And if current policy measures remain constant through June, over 18 million jobs would be lost and over 116,000 people would die, according to the model. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. If every state in America reopened immediately, the country's death toll could reach nearly 350,000 before July, new research finds. In the analysis, published Friday by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, researchers forecasted the effects that reopening the country — either partially or in full — would have on deaths and job losses.SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDERNOW WATCH: Inside London during COVID-19 lockdown SEE ALSO: * 'A Yankee Stadium of death': Trump walked back on his prediction for the total number of US coronavirus deaths, admitting that the death toll may rise as states reopen * Greece thinks tourists will be able to visit as early as July after the country had a successful coronavirus lockdown * Hospital chaplains offer solace from the sidelines, as patients ask them: 'Am I going to die alone in here?'
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