Related video above: Two-week COVID shutdown ordered in El Paso, TexasDaily COVID-19 cases in the U.S. reached a record high on Thursday, with experts warning that death rates could triple by mid-January.There were 88,521 new cases of the coronavirus reported in the U.S. on Thursday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University — 9,540 more cases than Wednesday.In total, there have been more than 8,947,980