White House holds briefing after President Trump said coronavirus task force will not be shutting down.
Trump lauds task force, says it won't shut down soon
Investors are increasingly optimistic as European countries and some U.S. states allow businesses to reopen despite warnings that coronavirus infections are still rising in areas such as Brazil and that economic recovery could be some way off. President Donald Trump, running for reelection in the midst of a slump that has thrown more than
A data model from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has doubled its national death projection, to 134,475, by Aug. 4. And a new model from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania projects almost 117,000 deaths by June 30 – up from 71,000 – even without states reopening. If states fully reopened, the death toll would rise to a staggering 466,000 by the same date, the model predicts.
Locations will be open by the end of this week and 90% will be open by early June, chief executive Kevin Johnson told customers in a letter posted online.
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