There has never been more difficulty in predicting the future of the valve industry in the U.S. The coronavirus has already claimed 100,000 lives. There have been a reported 1.6 million cases. This would imply a death rate of six percent. However the real death rate could be well less than one percent. This means that as many as 16 million Americans have been infected. The total population is 320 million people. Therefore only five percent of the population has been infected.
To read the full Valve World Americas June 2020 market report, please contact Brittani Schroeder (b.schroeder@kci-world.com) for the full PDF.