CORONAVIRUS LATEST: The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 715,000 people worldwide. —Entire high school football team quarantined in Alabama —CDC says up to 190,000 dead in U.S. by end of August
9 a.m.: Entire high school football team quarantined in Alabama
Classes will have a hybrid in-person/remote learning schedule. Some students have registered for full-time remote learning, the high school said.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 death projections, saying the coronavirus death toll could reach 190,000 by the end of August. The government’s ensemble forecast predicts “deaths may decrease,” but another 15,000 to 30,000 more Americans may die from COVID-19 over the next 23 days.
The COVID Tracking Project reported that for the first time since early March, the number of people tested for COVID-19 is down. This week’s tests were 9.1% lower than last week’s national peak of 5.7 million tests.5:20 a.m.: US weekly COVID-19 cases, deaths down Members of the medical staff treat a patient who is wearing helmet-based ventilator in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center on July 28, 2020, in Houston.In good news, however, an internal Federal Emergency Management Agency memo obtained by ABC News shows that the U.S. is slightly coming down from its recent national surge. New cases and deaths in the last week have both decreased in week-over-week comparisons.
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