overseas hot spots and cruise ships and large events like a conference in boston, a funeral in georgia, martzardi gras in new orleans, all fuel for the deadly spread of the virus here in the u.s., all of this from the cdc principal deputy director. apparently, the flu season also made it hard to detect early clusters of the early detection of this virus into nursing homes, meat packing plants and dense urban areas like new york city accelerated transmission. this virus might circulate among us for another two years is another new study until 60% to 70% of us are infected. >> this is going to continue to be a rolling situation throughout the world. expect many more new yorks to occur. it's very likely they will. >> reporter: the u.s. doubled in the past few weeks and one newly updated study from new york now suggests 100,000 people in this country will die by midsummer. this morning in katy, texas, mall, movie theaters can open in a quarter capacity. >> beginning to see guests on the ocean and on the beach. >> reporter: but in l.a., 180 new cases, the biggest single day spike since all of this