New Cases Up In 31 States As CDC Predicts More United States Deaths

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🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The United States death toll tops 140,000 with more than 3.8 million cases. New cases are up in 31 states as the CDC predicts 17,000 new United States deaths over the next three weeks and hospitalizations rise sharply. Los Angeles County breaks the daily record for hospitalizations. The Los Angeles mayor is on the "brink" of issuing a new stay-at-home order. Florida sees another day with more than 10,000 new cases reported. Atlanta mayor says that the Georgia governor is trying to "restrain" her from speaking. New York City enters phase four of reopening. Arizona's 7-day average positivity rate is the highest in the nation. Doctors beg Arizona governor to delay schools until October. Florida educators file a lawsuit against forced school reopenings. Florida's Miami-Dade county ICU bed capacity is now at 130 percent. Trump tweets "many people say it is patriotic to wear a face mask" after minimizing their importance for months. Trump is to resume coronavirus briefings as he downplays pandemic and misleads about coronavirus testing, deaths and masks. The White House is pushing to block new money for testing, tracing and the CDC. The Oxford vaccine trial shows the vaccine is safe and has immunity against the virus. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:16.7	The coronavirus death toll here in the United States has now topped 140,000 people with more than 3.8 million known cases.
1:26.2	And infections are on the rise in 31 states right now,
1:29.8	as the CDC projects another 17,000 Americans will die from the virus in just the next three weeks.
1:38.0	Los Angeles County just reported a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations for the fourth time in a week.
1:44.6	Also, President Trump is now planning to resume White House coronavirus briefings.
1:49.8	And after months of refusing to wear a mask and even mocking those who do, he just posted this photo of himself in a mask,
1:57.2	tweeting and I'm quoting him now, many people say it is patriotic.
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