COVID POTTS

Though tests are only showing a fraction of that.

Nbc's tracie potts has the latest.

:00 :33 :44 33 states have seen an increase in the last week.

The cdc director predicts it may actually be 10 times worse.

("fox news") super burned in (sot: president donald trump/ no super :12-:19) "i jokingly say or sarcastically say if we didn't do tests, we would look great.

But ya know what, it's not the right thing to do."

("fox news") super burned in president trump last night, self-correcting again on whether the us should do less testing.

He's contradicting his own health experts (trump natsot, "it is going away."

:28-:29) and governors, who see covid-19 surging.

(sot: gov.

Ron desantis/ (r) florida :33-:37) "it's not something that just goes away.

It's something that you got to understand you got to live with."

The nation's three largest states - florida, texas and california - are seeing an explosion of new cases.

(sot: mayor eric garcetti/ (d) los angeles, ca :44-:48) "we might feel like we're done with covid, but covid isn't done with us."

Texas has hit the pause button on reopening.

Houston is becoming a new hotspot.

New cases have doubled there in less than a week.

(sot: mayor sylvester turner/ (d) houston, texas :57-1:00) "the situation is bad.

We're in the midst of a healthcare crisis."

And while many remain skeptical about wearing masks (mos 1:04-1:07) "this is a planned-demic...this is totally political and you know it."

Medical experts are concerned about the surge among young adults.

Also at risk: communities of color.

(sot: jay banks/ new orleans city councilman 1:16-1:19) "we're all in the same storm.

But we sure ain't in the same boat."

Federal data shows african americans are four times more likely to