COVID-19 cases climb in 21 U.S. states

COVID-19 continues to spread across the U.S. By Monday afternoon, Johns Hopkins University reported more than 1.95 million confirmed cases and the number deaths approaching 110,900.

Back in April, President Trump said the U.S. death toll could be around 50,000. Now it's more than twice that number.

According to New York Times, 21 states including California, Texas and Arizona report a growth in confirmed cases over the past 14 days.

California set a new single-day record for confirmed COVID-19 cases last Friday with more than 3,000 in a single day.

In North Carolina, the number of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 reached a record high of 717 on Friday.

The total number of Arkansas coronavirus cases jumped 30% in the past week. The 2,173 new cases amounted to more than 300 per day.

Since late April, many U.S. states started reopening their economies, allowing certain nonessential businesses to operate under social distancing guidelines. Starting in May, all U.S. states began phasedreopenings.

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, a member of White House Coronavirus Task Force, warned that second wave of cases was possible, "but not inevitable." No U.S. officials predict the U.S. will be free of active cases like New Zealand anytime soon. "We will have coronavirus in the fall," Fauci said in April. "I am convinced of that."

U.S. officials also expressed concern about a potential surge incases that could result from the nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd. Demonstrators across the country wore masks, but they marched in close proximity with one another.