1. Between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans could die from the coronavirus in the next several months as it ravages the country, according to models developed by top government scientists.

Their projections generally match the grim conclusions from similar models by researchers around the globe. It was the first time that the Trump administration provided official estimates of the toll the virus could take. Above, outside Elmhurst Hospital in Queens on Tuesday.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, and Dr. Deborah Birx, who is coordinating the coronavirus response, emphasized the need for the current 30-day social distancing mitigation guidelines, in place through April, to stem the spread.