As a result, more Americans will be infected and die than would have otherwise.

[lagoo]

Sample sentences:
As a result, more Americans will be infected and die than would have otherwise.
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Questions:
Personally, I would add ‘been the case’ after ‘than would have’ on instinct to change it into:
”As a result, more Americans will be infected and die than would have been the case otherwise.”
I have a sense that the sample sentence might not be correct. I’m looking forward to your advice.

 

[GoesStation]

It's fine as written. The reader understands "would have otherwise" as would have otherwise been the case.