STATES PAUSE ON REOPENING

a mysterious cluster of pneumonia cases coming out

The united states, are still struggling.

John lorinc reports.

:00 :06 :21 :38 the covid-19 pandemic....not easing its grip on the united states.

Dr. sanjay gupta/cnn chief medical correspondent "when you have this much disease in the country, this much infection that's spreading.

Sadly and i take no joy in this stuff..i think everyone is vulnerable once again."

Thirty-six states.....are seeing week-to-week new cases rise.

The south and west are getting hit especially hard.

Dr. peter hotez/baylor college of medicine "potentially in houston we could go from 1,000 cases per day to 4,000 cases a day if the model is right and eventually no health system would be able to accommodate this."

At least 16-states have halted or pushed back re-opening plans as a result of a surge in infections.

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Doug ducey/r-arizona "our expectation is that next week our numbers will be worse."

Unlike the european union or south korea.....the u-s has yet to "flatten the curve."

Some medical experts say americans haven't been vigilant enough.

Dr. sanjay gupta/cnn chief medical correspondent "it was like as if a patient was getting chemotherapy for cancer, abolished the therapy half-way through, and is upset that the cancer hasn't disappeared."

Ne thing has dropped: the university of washington's updated covid-19 death projection for october