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University model predicts US could nearly double COVID-19 cases by Jan. 20

A model from Washington University in St. Louis predicts that the United States could nearly double in COVID-19 cases by Inauguration Day. The model predicts that the U.S. could reach 20 million cases by Jan. 20, CNN reports, nearly doubling the current 12.4 million infections already reported.