The Rundown: Record Hospitalizations In Five States

FLORIDA'S CORONAVIRUS CASES PASS 200K: Florida had more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases in a day on Sunday for the third time in the past week, pushing its total number past 200,000, making it only the third state to reach that threshold, after New York and California. That came as five states reported a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations -- Arizona, Texas, California, South Carolina and Nevada -- and at least two South Texas counties said their hospitals had reached full capacity. Over the past week, coronavirus cases have been rising in 34 states, with 12 of them having increases of more than 50 percent. There have been just under 130,000 deaths in the U.S. as of early this morning, according to Johns Hopkins University's count, and more than 2,888,000 confirmed cases.

Scientists say there is growing evidence that the coronavirus could be spread by aerosol transmission and want the World Health Organization to say so. The New York Times reports that more than 230 scientists from 32 countries will say in an open letter that aerosols -- small respiratory particles of the coronavirus that are exhaled by infected people -- can float in the air and infect people, and that the WHO's guidance about the virus should be revised to say that. The WHO has said the virus is primarily spread by infected people who sneeze and cough, expelling large respiratory droplets that fall to the ground quickly. WHO's technical lead on infection control, Dr. Benedetta Allegranzi, told the Times they have said they consider airborne transmission of the virus, quote, "as possible but certainly not supported by solid or even clear evidence."

➤ATTORNEY: HUMAN REMAINS IDENTIFIED AS THOSE OF MISSING SOLDIER: An attorney for the family of 20-year-old Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen said Sunday that human remains found in a shallow grave in Texas on June 30th had been positively identified as being those of Guillen, who'd been missing since April. Guillen, who was last seen in the parking lot of her barracks at Fort Hood, was bludgeoned to death with a hammer in the armory room where she worked. The main suspect, Army Specialist Aaron David Robinson, fatally shot himself Wednesday when confronted by investigators.

Two suspects have been identified for killing and disposing Vanessa Guillén's body.

Guillén's family say she was being sexually harassed by someone in her unit, but never identified or reported the case in fear of retaliation. pic.twitter.com/SmNjUqJHex

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Natalie Khawam, the attorney for Guillen's family, said they told her Guillen planned to file a harassment complaint against Robinson the day after she was killed, and they believe Robinson became enraged when she told him that. But Robinson told authorities, that Guillen wanted to report him having a relationship with a married woman, which her family disputes. Khawam said the family was also told by investigators that Robinson called a woman he was involved with to help him dispose of Guillen's body. Cecily Ann Aguilar, the estranged wife of a former Fort Hood soldier, was arrested in connection with Guillen's disappearance.

➤ATLANTA MAYOR SAYS 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH' AFTER EIGHT-YEAR-OLD KILLED NEAR WHERE RAYSHARD BROOKS KILLED: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Sunday that she wants to people to have the same passion towards ending community violence that they have for police reform after an eight-year-old girl was shot and killed the night before near the Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was killed by police just over three weeks earlier. Bottoms said there have been a number of protests in the area and challenges with demonstrators closing roads. Secoriea Turner was riding in a vehicle with her mother and an adult friend and the driver was trying to go into a parking lot where people had illegally set up barricades, and the girl was killed when someone opened fire on the car. Bottoms said in a news conference Sunday, "Enough is enough." She referred to the protests in the wake of George Floyd's death at the hands of police, talking about people who are, quote, "saying they want to see change," but said, "We're fighting the enemy within when we are shooting each other up in our streets." In calling for people to bring the same passion to ending community violence, she said, "We've had over 75 shootings in the city over the past several weeks. You can't blame that on [the Atlanta Police Department]."

Nick Cordero

➤NICK CORDERO DIES AT 41 AFTER BATTLE WITH COVID-19: Broadway actor Nick Cordero has died after a battle with Covid-19, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots. “God has another angel in heaven now,” Kloots posted on her official Instagram account Sunday night.

“My darling husband passed away this morning. He was surrounded in love by his family, singing and praying as he gently left this earth.” Kloots has been regularly updating her social media accounts with news of her husband’s ups and downs as he battled the virus and complications, including an amputated leg. She said Cordero battled the disease for 95 days. She shared on social media that Cordero spent some time on a ventilator, suffered multiple Covid-19 complications and in April had to have his leg amputated. He also suffered multiple mini-strokes while battling several other ailments.

➤NHL, PLAYERS AGREE ON PROTOCOLS TO RESUME SEASON: The NHL and the players' union agreed on protocols for health and safety measures on Sunday to resume the coronavirus-suspended season. The two sides are still negotiating an extension of the collective bargaining agreement. If everything is agreed to and ratified, games would return in late July or early August, with 24 teams taking part in an expanded playoffs and the Stanley Cup awarded in October.

➤DECHAMBEAU WINS ROCKET MORTGAGE CLASSIC: Bryson DeChambeau won the Rocket Mortgage Classic by three strokes Sunday over fellow American Matthew Wolff at Detroit Golf Club. The 26-year-old finished with a career-best 23-under 265. The tournament was the fourth since the PGA Tour's restart from its coronavirus shutdowns, and, like the previous three, was played without fans.

➤HARVICK WINS BRICKYARD 400; JOHNSON OUT AFTER POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS: Kevin Harvick won NASCAR'S Brickyard 400 on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, getting the victory in the race for a second straight year. Harvick tied Denny Hamlin with a season-high fourth victory. Seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson wasn't in what was supposed to be his final Brickyard 400, as he was quarantining at home after testing positive for the coronavirus on Friday. Johnson was asymptomatic, but was tested for the virus after his wife tested positive.

➤WHITE SOX, NATIONALS, PIRATES, DIAMONDBACKS ANNOUNCE PLAYERS POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS: MLB'S Chicago White Sox, Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates and Arizona Diamondbacks all announced yesterday that two of their players had tested positive for the coronavirus and were quarantining. Pirates manager Derek Shelton said reliever Blake Cederlind and outfielder Socrates Brito had tested positive, and Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said relief pitchers Silvino Bracho and Junior Guerra were positive. The White Sox and Nationals didn't identify their two players each who tested positive. Additionally, the St. Louis Cardinals said third baseman Elehuris Montero tested positive for the virus.