随着冠状病毒病例在全国范围内不断攀升，疾病控制和预防中心的一项新预测称，美国可能很快会有15万人死亡。
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德州COVID案件跨越5，500
根据德克萨斯州健康服务部门的数据，前一天德克萨斯州报告的病例数是5551。这个总数是该州新的一天记录。
周二创下的前一天最高纪录是5489。
该州还记录了最高的检测次数——病毒和抗体检测——超过40，000次。然而，阳性检测的百分比达到了10.42%，比一周前(6.94%)稳步上升。
到目前为止，该州已有超过125，000例病例，至少有2，249人死亡。
2020年6月24日，星期三，圣安东尼奥的一家商店张贴了一个指示购物者戴口罩以防止COVID-19传播的标志。COVID-19病例在德克萨斯州激增，州长鼓励人们在公共场合戴口罩，如果可能的话呆在家里。
疾病控制中心提供了可怕的死亡人数预测
在疾病预防控制中心的每周“集合预测”(20个不同模型的平均预测)中，该组织表示，到7月18日，美国的死亡人数可能在13万至15万之间。
美国的死亡人数目前为121，746人。
预测显示，在过去几周里，亚利桑那州、阿肯色州、加利福尼亚州、佛罗里达州、夏威夷、密苏里州、内华达州、北卡罗来纳州、俄克拉荷马州、南卡罗来纳州、田纳西州、得克萨斯州和犹他州的新死亡人数可能会超过报道的死亡人数。
在所有其他州，新死亡人数预计将保持稳定或略有下降。
加州案例出现惊人的增长
加文·纽瑟姆州长周三说，在加州，COVID-19病例在短短两天内惊人地增长了69%。
纽森说，周日，加州报告了4230例新病例，周一有5019例新病例，周二病例增加了7149例。
州长警告说，随着州政府加大检测力度，居民们应该预计到阳性率会有更多的提高。
2020年6月23日，在加利福尼亚州的英格伍德，一个免下车的COVID-19检测中心空着，被遗弃，因为洛杉矶报道在冠状病毒疾病(COVID-19)爆发期间阳性检测激增。
他说，住院人数增加了，全州30%的重症监护室容量正在使用。
纽森敦促加州人戴上口罩，进行社交疏远，强调该州仍处于病毒的第一波。
2020年6月23日，在加州的圣莫尼卡，前景的玛丽娅·佩纳和她的母亲丽莎·托里恩特在参观海滩时戴着面具。
洛杉矶县的病例比其他任何一个县都多
洛杉矶县有更多的冠状病毒比美国其他任何一个县都多
洛杉矶有超过88，500名居民被诊断患有COVID-19，接下来是伊利诺伊州库克县的87，700例，以及1999年皇后区的64，000例纽约市。
佛罗里达出现大幅增长
相比之下，截至周三，整个佛罗里达州有109，000个病例。
洛杉矶县约有1000万居民，而佛罗里达州的人口约为2140万。
但是佛罗里达也出现了大幅增长。该州卫生部周三报告了5511例新病例，在周二进行的36300项检测中，阳性率为15.91%，是上个日历月最高的阳性率，几乎比一天前高出三分之一。
佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯周三指责18-35岁年龄组的快速传播是每日病例增加的原因。
“当然，几个月前他们还没有被测试到这个水平，”他说。“但我也认为他们的检测阳性率越来越高。很明显，你的社区已经扩展到那里了。”
2020年6月22日，一对夫妇走过一块牌子，上面写着如果人们咳嗽或发烧，就不要去迈阿密海滩，这是佛罗里达州著名的南海滩。
洛杉矶县公共卫生主管透露死亡威胁
周一，洛杉矶县公共卫生部主任芭芭拉·费勒博士透露，她因流感大流行收到了死亡威胁。
费勒说，她在5月份举行的脸书直播上的COVID-19简报会上，“有人非常随意地建议我应该被枪毙。”
费勒在一份声明中说:“我没有立即看到这条信息，但我丈夫看到了，我的孩子看到了，我的同事也看到了。”。
“我亲自处理这些简报的一个原因是为了保护洛杉矶县公共卫生的非凡团队免受这些攻击，这些攻击从三月份开始就一直在通过电子邮件、公开帖子和信件进行，”她继续说道。“想象一下，我们辛勤工作的传染病医生、护士、流行病学家和环境健康专家，或者我们团队中的任何其他成员不得不面对这种程度的仇恨，这是非常令人担忧的。”
费勒说:“我们的工作和使命是在这场大流行期间尽可能多的保护人们的安全。”。“当人们不再受这种病毒的困扰时，我们的社区充满了挫折感，但这种病毒并没有结束我们的生活。”
在洛杉矶对抗病毒的战斗中，洛杉矶国际机场正在实施热成像技术市政府官员正在对洛杉矶15个公共住宅区的大约25000人进行移动测试。
洛杉矶县继续分阶段重新开放。开放设施包括酒吧、酒厂、公共游泳池、海滩和码头、日间营地、健身房和博物馆。
音乐会场地、夜总会、青年体育联盟和电影院仍处于关闭状态。
Coronavirus updates: Up to 150K deaths possible by July 18, CDC says
As coronavirus cases continue to climb across the country, a new forecast from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. could soon see 150,000 fatalities.
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Texas COVID cases cross 5,500
The number of cases reported the previous day in Texas was 5,551, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. The total is a new one-day record for the state.
The previous one-day high was 5,489 -- recorded Tuesday.
The state also recorded its highest number of tests -- both viral and antibody tests -- at over 40,000. However, the percentage of positive tests hit a high of 10.42%, a steady climb from one week ago (6.94%).
There have been over 125,000 cases in the state so far, and at least 2,249 deaths.
A sign instructing shoppers to wear masks to protect against the spread of COVID-19 is posted at a business in San Antonio, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Cases of COVID-19 have spiked in Texas and the governor is encouraging people to wear masks in public and stay home if possible.
CDC offers frightening death toll prediction
In the CDC's weekly "ensemble forecast," an average of predictions from 20 different models, the organization said that the U.S. death toll will likely be between 130,000 and 150,000 by July 18.
The U.S. death toll currently stands at 121,746.
Forecasts indicate that the number of new deaths will likely surpass the number of deaths reported over the last several weeks in the states of Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Hawaii, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah.
In all other states, the number of new fatalities is expected to stay steady or slightly decrease.
California cases see stunning jump
In California, COVID-19 cases saw a stunning 69% jump in just two days, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday.
On Sunday, California reported 4,230 new cases, on Monday there were 5,019 new cases and on Tuesday cases increased by 7,149, Newsom said.
And as the state increases testing, residents should anticipate more of an increase in the positivity rate, the governor warned.
A drive-in COVID-19 testing center sits empty and abandoned as Los Angeles reports spike in positive tests amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Ingelwood, Calif., June 23, 2020.
Hospitalization numbers have increased and30% of ICU capacity statewide is being used, he said.
Newsom urged Californians to wear masks and practice social distancing, stressing that the state is still in the first wave of the virus.
Malia Pena, foreground, and her mother, Lisa Torriente, wear masks as they visit the beach, June 23, 2020, in Santa Monica, Calif.
LA County has more cases than any other county
Los Angeles County has more cases ofcoronavirusthan any other county in the U.S.
LA has over 88,500 residents diagnosed with COVID-19, followed by 87,700 cases in Cook County, Illinois, and 64,000 cases in Queens inNew York City.
Florida sees major increase
In comparison, the entire state of Florida had 109,000 cases as of Wednesday.
LA County has about 10 million residents while Florida's population stands at roughly 21.4 million.
But Florida is also seeing a major increase. The state's Department of Health reported 5,511 news cases Wednesday, representing a 15.91% positivity rate out of 36,300 tests conducted Tuesday -- the highest percentage positive in the last calendar month and almost one-third higher than one day earlier.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday blamed rapid transmission in the 18-35 age group for the new rise in daily cases.
"Granted, they’re weren’t being tested at this level a couple months ago," he said. "But I also think they are testing positive at a higher and higher rate. So clearly you have community spread there."
A couple walks past a sign asking people not to visit Miami Beach, Florida's famed South Beach if they have a cough or fever, June 22, 2020.
LA County public health director reveals death threats
On Monday, the director of LA County's Department of Public Health, Dr. Barbara Ferrer, revealed that she's received death threats due to the pandemic.
Ferrer said she was holding a COVID-19 briefing on Facebook Live in May "when someone very casually suggested that I should be shot."
"I didn’t immediately see the message, but my husband did, my children did, and so did my colleagues," Ferrer said in a statement.
"One reason I handle these briefings myself is to shield the extraordinary team at L.A. County Public Health from these attacks which have been going on, via emails, public postings, and letters -- since March," she continued. "It is deeply worrisome to imagine that our hardworking infectious disease physicians, nurses, epidemiologists and environmental health specialists or any of our other team members would have to face this level of hatred."
"Our job and our calling is to keep as many people as safe as possible during this pandemic," Ferrer said. "While frustration boils over in our communities as people are done with this virus, this virus is not done with us."
In Los Angeles' fight against the virus,Los Angeles International Airport is implementing thermal camera technologyand city officials are bringing mobile testing to about 25,000 people at 15 Los Angeles public housing developments.
LA County is continuing to reopen in phases. Among the open facilities are bars, wineries, public pools, beaches and piers, day camps, gyms and museums.
Concert venues, nightclubs, youth sports leagues and movie theaters are among the businesses still closed.
