Update: 17 March 2020 COVID-19 Model Prediction of Number Based On Current Number of Deaths -- 88 to 104 deaths today and why social distancing is important.

Further updates below.
Here's what my model predicts as of GMT 1830, 17 March 2020: 

Age Ranges, Years	Rate of Death	Reported Deaths	Projected Number of Infected at Present (based on average time of illness until death)	Projected number of who are infected now	Projected number of deaths based on the number currently infected (based on average time of illness until death)
80 plus	0.148	27	182	1032	153
70-79	0.08	22	275	1556	124
60-69	0.036	14	389	2200	79
50-59	0.013	10	769	4351	57
40-49	0.004	7	1750	9899	40
30-39	0.002	4	2000	11314	23
20-29	0.002	3	1500	8485	17
10-19	0.002	1	500	2828	6
0-9	0.0	0	921	5208	0
Infection rate	2.0
Average time of illness until death (weeks)	2.5
Total Infected based on current number of deaths	8286
Total Infected Now	46874
Total number of deaths	88
Projected total number of deaths based on the current number of infected individuals	498
Projected number who will require hospitalization based on Total Infected Now value	7969

Predicted Total of infected in the US as of the time of publication: 46,874. Projected number of deaths in 2.5 weeks is 498. The number that will need hospitalization is 7969. 

A Further Update -- Just Passed 100 Deaths Today

Projected number of currently infected: 48,348. Projected number of deaths in approximately 2.5 weeks: 566. The number that will need hospitalization of those currently infected: 8219.

Another Update 104 deaths and a change in the infection rate:

As well as changing the number of deaths, I changed the infection rate to 2.5. Here are the results:

Age Ranges, Years	Rate of Death	Reported Deaths	Projected Number of Infected at Present (based on average time of illness until death)	Projected number of who are infected now	Projected number of deaths based on the number currently infected (based on average time of illness until death)
80 plus	0.148	36	243	2404	356
70-79	0.08	25	313	3088	247
60-69	0.036	17	472	4667	168
50-59	0.013	11	846	8362	109
40-49	0.004	7	1750	17294	69
30-39	0.002	4	2000	19764	40
20-29	0.002	3	1500	14823	30
10-19	0.002	1	500	4941	10
0-9	0.0	0	953	9418	0
Infection rate	2.5
Average time of illness until death (weeks)	2.5
Total Infected based on current number of deaths	8577
Total Infected Now	84760
Total number of deaths	104
Projected total number of deaths based on the current number of infected individuals	1028
Projected number who will require hospitalization based on Total Infected Now value	14409

A change in the infection rate from 2.0 to 2.5 nearly doubles the number of infected to 84,760. The projected number of deaths in 2 to 2.5 weeks is 1028. The projected number of people who will require hospitalization is 14,409. 

Change the infection rate to 2.0 and the results are the following:

• Number of infected: 48,520
• Number of deaths: 588
• Number requiring hospitalization: 8248

This is why the San Francisco area is on lock-down. This is why bars and restaurants are being shutdown. That's why there are no NBA games, etc. Social distancing can have a major effect on how this will play out.

However, it doesn't fix the failures of the Trump Administration, Trump's outlandish incompetence. Trump has been a catastrophic failure as a businessman and he has transferred that complete lack of competence to the Presidency. Let's all hope for the sake of the World, that Trump does not get another 4 years as President. What I would like to see would be for Trump to get 20 years (at least) in prison along with many other of his associates of what can only be considered to be a nightmare of an administration.