Congress and the white house, this as food prices are surging and schools are debating whether to open in the fall. Now the leading mods from the university of washington has once again raised its projections by 10,000 projected deaths to 147,000 people in this country dying from coronavirus. And thats just by august 4. In part, the modelers have upped the projected death toll because of relaxing social distancing measures happening all over the country. As cnns erica hill reports now, while the number of new cases is thankfully trending down nationwide, mayors of major cities, including washington, d. C. , are concerned about a surge in new infections and have in fact extended stayathome orders. Reporter shopping, restaura restaurants, the beach. Signs of precovid life returning as experts warn the virus could be here to say. This virus may become endemic in our communities and may never go away. Reporter californias State University system is sticking with Distance Learning this fall
Changes now. More on what dr. Bright is expected to Tell Congress tomorrow in just a moment. But here is where the numbers stand right now. The National Death toll in the u. S. Now tops 83,000 people. 1. 4 million americans have been infected but the picture on ground looks different depending on where you live. You could see nine states there on your screen are trending in the wrong direction with increased cases this week. With the biggest jumps in south dakota, arkansas and delaware did you 22 states are trending in the right direction with decreased cases this week. So some good news for the moment. But again this is only a snapshot in time. What youre seeing here. And that means even more americans are asking key questions about every day life like when will children be able to go back to school. There are big moves on this front today too. But lets start at the white house, Kaitlan Collins is there and joining me now. You got your hands on dr. Brights Opening Statement. What else