Models earlier prediction. Thats where the somewhat good news is this morning. Its far lower than the more than 200,000 deaths said could happen. True. Still lots of words of caution. Just moments ago, dr. Anthony fauci said this would be a sobering week for deaths in this country. In new york city, for instance, in the last 24 hours, 806 deaths reported in one day alone. Also today, another report of an Early Warning within the Trump Administration long before the crisis hit the United States. Of course, long before the administration acknowledged it. This one from u. S. Intelligence back in november. Now, a new cnn poll, look at those numbers, shows a majority of americans, 55 , say the federal government in their opinion has done a poor job preventing the spread of coronavirus throughout the United States. Lets fw gin with new numbers this morning. Do they show that we are making progress in fighting this virus init appears to be the case. Elizabeth cohen is with us. My only fear in this is that it will or could cause people to sort of drop their guard a bit, right . Absolutely, poppy. I have that same fear. I will say these numbers are going down because people are starting grid. The minute we let our guard up, these numbers could go right back up. I also want to emphasize, this is modeling, which is an educated guess. So i want to give that caveat as well. Lets get right to the numbers. What were seeing according to this model by the university of washington, which is a model the white house and others are following closely, the previous estimate was 8,766 deaths. The new estimate is 60,415. Those are by august 4th assuming we coin with social distancing through may. Lets look at calf louisiana and california. Californias projection was 4,600. Thats gone down to 1,600. Thats a huge difference and experts say thats largely because california has been doing a good job with starting grid. In louisiana, the projections go from 1,900 down to 9,000. Unfortunately, the story is not the same in new jersey. The projections went up from 2,100 to 5,300. In new york, up from 10,200 to 13,300. I also want to emphasize that even though these numbers overall are looking better, still, you are talking about 60,000 dead americans. That is absolutely no reason for any of us to feel good. Exactly right. And in such a short period of time, in just months. Elizabeth, thank you for that reporting. Even after the deadliest day in new york city yet, the states governor says there are signs, again, as elizabeth just reiterated, social distancing is working. Lets go to athena jones, again, live in new york. What do we know this morning, athena . Good morning, poppy. Ill get to the kind of good news in a moment, but the sad milestone is one you mentioned, the single largest single day increase in deaths in new york. This New York Times captures it well. Look at new york city. This number of total deaths in new york city nearing 5,000. Much bigger than the rest of the country. That number going through the masthead with that spike there, but the positive signs are that according to governor cuomo, who will be getting a briefing from again in the next few minutes, in the next hour, i should say, he says that it looks as though the curve is flattening in the state of new york. Its going to take a few days to see if that trend holds, but he noted the number of hospitalizations is dropping. The number of people who are needing breathing tubes is dropping. And also, the rate of increase in new cases is dropping as well. And now, we heard, you know, experts and Officials Say this is because of starting grid. Its because social distancing is working, and we know the governor has extended the stay at home orders in new york through april 29th, and thats because of these high death tolls. We should note that there are still concerns here. We dont yet know if we reach the apex of cases, that high point of cases, we dont know how quickly its going to drop back down from the high point. Theres still a lot of concern here in new york city about making sure that they have all of the things they need to take care of patients at places like the Javits Center behind me, which is an overflow hospital to take the pressure off the system. Well be looking for that next update from the governor of new york to see if this trend is continuing and if this curve is indeed really beginning to flatten here. Poppy. Got to watch the figures. The governor always says look at threeday averages, not one single day. With us, the chief medical officer at holy name medical center, and dr. Samuel crass of philadelphia. Thanks to both of you. Youre dealing with patients every day, and we appreciate it, and they and their families appreciate it. Lets talk about what were seeing in National Trends here, and again, youre in new jersey, thereerse dr. Jarrett. New jersey, the death toll, projected death has risen, not fallen. But are you seeing evidence that social distancing is helping to flatten the curve, and therefore, helping to alleviate demand for key medical supplies at the peak . Let me start if i can with you, doctor, given youre in one of the hot spots, really. Sure, i think we have seen the beginnings possibly of some slowing down of the curve. We actually have more patients here today than we did in previous days, so i dont want to say we flattened the curve by any means, but we are beginning to see, we think, a decrease in the rate of rise. Unfortunately, we had to convert many beds to icu beds. Were still seeing many critically ill patients. We have three times our normal capacity of critically ill patients and our Emergency Rooms are still very, very busy. Doctor, dr. Jarrett has also talked about, yes, theyre busy Emergency Rooms, they have seen a lot of patients die, but they have also seen a lot of patients get better. I wonder if the same is true for you and whats working . Is there a through line for folks that are critically ill, perhaps placed on a ventilator, and then do recover . So, good morning, poppy, good morning, jim. Thank you for having me. We have not yet seen that surge in the hospital that i work at. And so we are anticipating that, and we have done things to prepare like have the waiting room outfitted to accommodate patients. And back to your other question. Patients do survive and do have good outcomes after being placed on ventilation. Obviously, the chances of recovery are lower, but patients do some do recover. Yeah. Okay. Youre learning so much, dr. Jarrett, and again, tneck has seen a lot of cases there. What are you learning about who is most vulnerable here . And also about young peoples vulnerability to the worst experience of this infection. Oh, we have learned a lot, although this is still a very new virus. We are learning this virus, unlike the flu, really does impact a larger percentage of the population, and unfortunately, were seeing many young people who are having significant symptoms, some of them even becoming critically ill. We think from our relatively small numbers that there may be a factor related to obesity. Were concerned that obesity may be a distinct risk factor. And then, like the flu, certainly, age and other comorbid conditions are a risk factor. So much has changed this week. I barely see anyone outside, at least in new york city, without a face mask on, dr. Krass, and were hearing more about if we do have to leave the house to go to work, like you guys do, if we should be isolating from our families. I understand you are doing that to an extent. Can you talk about what sort of guidelines we should be following . Its not possible for a lot of us parents to isolate from our children, you know, unless absolutely mandatory. Right. So its difficult to isolate while youre in your home with your children. But certainly, if you have to go to the Grocery Store or the pharmacy of some other essential place, it is important to wear a face mask, as the cdc recommends. And to continue doing your best to social distance from friends and family at this time. We obviously have video chat, and thats a good way to stay connected, but i think social distancing really, as the evidence shows, it really is making an impact to flatten that curve. I guess i was just saying if we have to leave to go to work, and dr. Jarrett, you know, we still can be with our family in our homes, right, or should we spend as much time away from our family as we can. I think as much as possible, we should even socially distance at home, which i know is challenging, especially for those of us who need to be at work and are out of the house throughout the day. As much as possible, we are recommending people social distance at home, its challenging to do, and were not going to prevent every infection, we know we cant do that, but every time we prevent a single infection or a single spread of an infection, we stop the cascade and save lives. I want to follow up on something dr. Jarrett said a moment ago, that were discovering the infection is more communicable, more easably its easier for you to infect other people than other strains of the flu. Is that what youre seeing, and tell us the significance of that . I think it is easier to infect other people. Thats why we take the precautions at the hospital were in with n95 masks when we treat the patients. With suspected flu patients, we werent taking these precautions because it wasnt as easy to contract or spread. And so thats why when we even go to intubait the patients and put them on ventilation, we wear a hooded a hood with a face mask, and that helps us to prevent us from contracting the virus potentially. Can i just ask you, dr. Jarrett, before we go about hidrochloroquine and if you have used it on patients. We are using hydro chloroquine, but we dont really know whether it works. The studies that have been done on it suggest it may be helpful, and unless we do doubleblind control studies, were just not going to know. The reality is whenever you prescribe any medication, you need to weigh the risks and benefits of that medication. For hydrochlor aquinn, for coronavirus, we dont know. You have to look at every individual patient and decide whether or not you think for that patient, the benefit outweighs the risk. And often, we think it does and its worth a try because we know how seriously ill patients can get. We have other classes of medicines that we are a little more optimistic about. Were using medicines, some of them on study and some being used off label, and my medical staff feels strongly were seeing clinical responses to those. And off label for people means, i think, if the fda didnt approve it for that specific thing, but it proves to be useful, right . That is correct. These are drugs that are typically used for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, so theyre available. We think were seeing some good clinical responses if its given to the right patient at the right time. Thank you both for what youre doing and for this. Its been really eyeopening for us. We appreciate it, doctors. Thank you. Still to come, new data that shows black americans are being affected at much higher levels by this virus. Dr. Sanjay gupta is here on what can be done. 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Sanjay gupta took a look at this proportionate impact of the virus, what can be done. Im so glad you spent a lot of time looking into this. What did you find . Yeah, you know, i think for a lot of people who heard these numbers start to come out that showed this disproportionate impact on africanamericans, there were two things that jumped out. One is that its tragic. But for Many Public Health officials not that surprising. And a lot of people immediately thought, is this because of these underlying conditions, diabetes, Heart Disease, that we know can make people more vulnerable to covid19 . Well, turns out thats only part of the story, as we learned. In the beginning, covid19 was far away. And it didnt even have a name. It was coming over to our shores from people who had traveled. But once it got a foothold in the United States, its true self was revealed. Once people got infected, because of their diabetes and Heart Disease and the like, they would get it more severely and be at higher risk of dying. Dr. Kamara jones is past president of the american Public Health association. I was really struck, dr. Jones, were both doctors. As i was hearing the story, it sounded just all of a sudden tragically familiar. Is this a familiar story . What we see is so familiar because the conditions of our lives havent changed. Significantly. So whats happening is that we are carrying the burden of these limited opportunities in our bodies, and it shows up as diabetes, the Heart Disease, the hypertension, even in terms of immune compromised and all of that. Already, were hearing from some officials that blacks have been disproportionately hit by the outbreak. Earlyidaty shows in michigan where i grew up, 14 of the population is black, though they make up 41 of coronavirus deaths. In illinois, 15 identify as africanamerican, but they make up 42 of deaths. Louisianas population is 32 black, which accounts for about 70 of coronavirus deaths. But heres the problem according to dr. Jones. As inadequate as testing has been for the country, the problem is even worse for africanamericans. Our whole National Testing strategy has started out as a clinical strategy, not a Public Health strategy. That, of course, has disadvantaged the whole nation in terms of knowing who is infected, and im told also that it has been harder for many people of cull toor get the test just because of where testing stations have been located. While blacks are less likely to be tested, less likely to be treated, they are more likely to be on the front line, essential workers upon whom we all depend. We out here as Public Workers doing our job, trying to make an honest living to take care of our families. Detroit bus driver Jason Hargrove posted this online on march 21st. It is not as easy for them to shelter in place. And its not as easy because front facing jobs like Home Health Aides or bus drivers or postal workers or working at amazon and the like. For you to get on the bus and stand on the bus and cough several times without covering up your mouth, and you know that we in the middle of a pandemic, that lets me know that some folks dont care. Four days later, hargrove, who was 50 years old, became ill. He died last wednesday. Its still unclear how he got covid19. And i can tell you, obviously, we need to have better data. Even some of the data you just saw there was pretty challenging to come by. So states need to be reporting Demographic Data as well. You hear the story of mr. Hargrove there, and you realize that hopefully we dont get to the point in this country where there may be a rationing of resources. We hopefully wont get there, but if there is, some of these same structural inequalities may manifest there as well. I think thats the point dr. Jones was really trying to make, and hope we can avoid. So sad to hear he lost his live. He gave such a prescient account there. So how, imagine folks watching now have this question, how do you get more data . And who is standing in the way . Well, you know, i think part of this is that the states, you know, theres been inadequate testing throughout the country. I think everyone has sort of recognized that at this point. Now were at the point where even the testing were getting has not been stratified into good Demographic Data. Even by age, you know, youre starting to get better looks at the young who are getting sick, but certainly not by race. And you know, you have a few states that are starting to do it, and you have senators like elizabeth warren, i believe Kamala Harris as well, who are calling upon states to do this. Writing a letter to the secretary of health, alex azar, saying this is going to be important as we go forward, not only for this pandemic, but also hopefully not to just look at the data and put it in a drawer, but to have lessons for other Health Crises that come forward. Again, these are in some ways, thee structural inequalities dr. Jones really felt passionate about this, have been here for long time, but then a pandemic like this comes along and really exposes it, so if we dont get the Demographic Data, we wont have the lessons learned. As of this morning, i believe, that letter from a number of senators to hhs, we havent been able to get an answer from hhs in terms of what theyre going to doon this front or releasing this data. Can i just ask you about, there is a lot of concern and dismay that i have been reading from those who hear some folks say, well, why is this happening . We dont know why this is happening . Because so much of this we do know, as you laid out in your piece. We do know that the inequality is just being exacerbated here. Yes. I think thats right. And i think, you know, again, a point that dr. Jones makes is, look, there is underlying illness that is at higher rates. Heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, but why is that . Why do african amanes, black americans in this country have higher rates of these diseases . In large part, that is also because of structural inequalities, lack of access to good food, living in food deserts, lack of access to health care for preventative medicine, whatever that might be. There are many, many layers to this. The thing i was most struck by and why we decided to focus on this in the piece is were in the midst of a time where people are asked to stay at home. For a lot of people, that is really not an option. They cant do it financially or because of the nature of their jobs. Food delivery, you know, frontline workers, essential workers, things were all dependent on that maybe we dont even realize, and that proportion of those people doing those jobs is black america. And so thats also putting them more at risk. So harder to get tested, harder to get treated, concerns about rationing of care, and the most vulnerable because of the frontline status. An american tragedy. Thank you very much. Be sure to join sanjay tonight. He will be with Anderson Cooper for a new global cnn town hall. Theyll also be joined by special guest magic johnson, tomorrow night 8 00 eastern. Across the nation, photographers have been out in the community. They have been documenting life during the coronavirus pandemic. They really put an emotional face on this, a personal one. Were going to bring you their stories and perspective next. Adventure. To reconnect and be together. 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One of the things that happened in the news breaking is that the africanamerican population, we found out that they had been suffering the brunt of the death toll, and at the same time, we have been trying to put a human face on people had to say goodbye to their loved ones. So on the bottom, theres a photograph of Connie Richard who lost her husband. He had surgery and then he passed away from covid19. And the nurses called him, nursed used facetime to call connie, and she was able to say goodbye, but through facetime, and she watched last rights through facetime. So after reporting weeks of these difficult stories, we felt like the main image needed to be a hug from the city. And melanie, she works a day care for essential personnel, so shes hugging a child. She says she feels like shes really the boots on the ground for the first responders. She has people who are 911 callers, ems, doctors, and nurses in her day care. They really are. Those day care workers taking care of the children so their parents can save lives really are. Its a beautiful picture. Kimberly, if i could go to you. You have easter on sunday, passover starts tonight. Ramadan, very closely coming. And those traditions of spending time with loved ones, big groups, going to church, et cetera, are all different now. How are you capturing that . Its been really difficult for some people. I photographed a man who was in Southwest Detroit im sorry, in hamtramck, and he basically gave insight during the ramadan period, a lot of it is very communal. People come together and they have to fast. And coming together really helps them get past that moment of the hardness of having to fast, but youre remembering why youre doing it, remembering the community, and he wont be able to spend it with his family. Hell be aisolated in his small apartment in hamtramck. The funny thing about that neighborhood is the houses are really close together, but you still are so far away, and youre so isolated in your own home. Sorry, go ahead. We missed the last comment. Thats okay. I was just going to say that from what i have viewed in that neighborhood of hamtramck, its a very special neighborhood in detroit, outside of detroit, and it has a very communal feel, and its a lot of very large immigrant community, all types of immigrants live there, and they still feel like theres no hoarding, anything like that. Communities have been coming together. Max, louisiana really one of the hardest hit. The numbers today, 16,000 and more really cases there. Nearly 600 deaths. Missed warning signs, though. A key concern there. You took this next photo in the midst of mardi gras. February 25th, when folks really just werent hearing the warnings. Well, citywide and statewide, there was no official warning or guidance to stay sequestered or anything regarding covid19. Mardi gras, for example, there was a severe storm that happened, and one of the parades was canceled. So the city officials, i felt like, would have, for sure, closed or canceled the parade or curtailed the festivities if such warning had gone out through the cdc or if they were directed to do so. We had heard stories that they were bubbling up in china, but so far, there was no guidance publicly that we needed to do anything to curtail our behavior. Kimberly, theres this photo, lets pull it up for everyone. Its of the mcdonald family, really worried about their friends and family members who are essential workers. Yes. So they feel like they were hit the hardest because they have so many family members that are nurses, work in hospitals, and they have neighbors that live right next door to them that are going out as essential workers and that are trying to save lives. And theyre trying to fight for people to survive and live through this pandemic. And they just wanted to tell them how much they love them and how much they support them through this hard time. And without being able to see them. So i guess in a way, also, these families are stuck at home. You know, theyre homeschooling, theyre working from home. Theyre trying to have some kind of normalcy and its a very uncertain time. The uncertainty can create fear. I think that helped them visualize the love that they have and maybe help, you know, people in the community as well because you know, a lot of people are out walking and doing whatever they can to just get by. Max, before we go, you wrote about how you had to use a lens you normally use to photograph football games. Tell us why. Give us an example. Yeah, its very difficult. The two front page pictures, for example, that we looked at, the hardest part of this is this is a city of enjoying ourselves out in the second lines and celebrating life as much as possible. You saw a picture of mardi gras, a day we make fun and put tongue and cheek to everything we see. This order has kind of changed how we have to express ourselves. As a newspaper, we really pushed to find a way to still be intimate for the day care picture, i didnt want to infect anybody there as well. So i had masks and we they have a sixfoot wall around the child care center, the outside play area. Im 63 so i was able to stand over the wall and with a long lens take the picture. I didnt have to enter the day care facility, have to put the children at risk. For the photograph with connie, i had a 400 millimeter lens i use for shooting the saints. And connie, you know, the widow of the gentleman, the detective who died from covid, she had selfquarantined herself so there was an added danger of perhaps she was infected. As i introduce myself, its over her front yard, and were shouting these intimate things about how difficult these moments were for her, and then i try to use a lens to get as close as possible to her to try to help people understand her pain and difficulty. Wow. Making it work. Those images are so important. Thank you both for doing this right now especially. Kimberly and max, thanks. Okay, so in wuhan, china, where this began, life is, look at that, somewhat returning to normal. It was just months ago the epicenter of this crisis. People there are now allowed to step outside of their homes for the first time in 76 days. These days, its anything but business as usual. Thats why working together is more important than ever. At t is committed to keeping you connected. So you can keep your patients cared for. Your customers served. Your students inspired. And your employees closer than ever. Our network is resilient. Our people are strong. Our job is to keep your business connected. 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You have images like we can show you here, coming from state media, and they are showing a celebratory mood. You see the skyline there in wuhan, a city, by the way, that is massive. Its larger than new york city. And theyre paying tribute to those frontline workers, the health care workers, many of whom got infektded and many who lost their lives. But theres another reality in all of this. So thats what the government is portraying, wuhans springing back to life. But theres also the aspect that the folks on the ground tell us. And that is that even though they may have some freedoms to leave their homes, and thats even restricted depending on where you live. Some communities, imagine your hoa or Condo Association dictate how many hours a day you can step outside, but those who can walk out freely are hesitant. They feel uneasy in resuming life as it was. One person likened to ptsd, after all they have been through, they cant just push it aside and step back into society. I think honestly, the government looks at that as something theyre relying on in trying to keep the numbers down as people start to move around again. I mean, were showing the pictures as you speak there, david. Folks are not exactly back to normal, when you look at the precautions. Theyre still taking masks. Even body covers. The data shows concerns about additional waves of this, and whatever country has been affected. Are officials in china concerned about another wave coming even as they relax the social distancing measures . I think they are concerned. And i think it depends where you look. For example, in wuhan, i think theyre relying on the hesitancy of some of the folks there, the hesitation to walk outside, and theyre hoping people dont gather in big groups. One person telling me they get Text Messages every day saying dont get complace ntd. Dont assume you have this beat, and then places like shanghai where were starting to see shoulder to shoulder, forget six feet apart, people are going recognize back into the way things were. That is making officials uneasy to the point that we may start to see some of the freedoms restricted again. I mean, we have seen that with movie theaters, you have seen that with certain bars and cinemas that they have been essentially allowing people to do things and then they shut them back down, jim and poppy. Yeah. And that could be a message to all of us. David culver in shanghai, thanks very much. Well, there is a lot happening in the news today. Heres what to watch. Indepartment of health and Human ServicesJust Announced a contract with General Motors aimed at putting thousands of ventilators into the National Stockpile. Well get an update ahead. Its just that its. Lavender. 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The whole system is overcapacity. And the projected peak of the Coronavirus Crisis still looming ahead. You can hear that in the background . Yeah. Thats another box of face shields produced. Automakers are shifting gears. Okay, theres another box being produced. To help hospitals fight an uphill battle. Only about ten days ago, we started doing this, now we have ramped up to the point where we have already shipped 1. 1 million face shields. Ford Motor Company in detroit turning its former Vehicle Production line into a ppe powerhouse. Shipping box after box to frontline workers. 250 go in a box. Wow. But while hundreds of thousands of simple face coverings are already being distributed, mass production of complex ventilators is a bigger challenge. General motors, toyota, and tesla are all hoping to transform what they have into what doctors so desperately need. We have a model displayed. Ford said its two weeks away from producing hospitalquality ventilators. Gm is on a similar timeline, partnering to train its indiana staff. Maintain six feet between individuals. The final automakers are revamping their production at a level not seen since world war ii. This as President Trump has invoked the war era defense protection act to insure companies do their part. But workers here say they dont need to be asked. Numbers of people here, you know, fighting for their own families. Rods son justin is a member of the chicago fire department. We could potentially have firsthand contact with a covid patient. When he told his dad he needed protective gear, rod was happy to help. Im proud. Im proud of everything were doing. More proud that youre getting one. Its an honor to receive a piece of lifesaving equipment from anyone, but its that much more of an honor to receive it from my own father. Yeah, well, make sure you use it. Jim and poppy, i love the end of that story where you can see the connection between father and son. Multiply that all across this country. The best part about this is everyone sort of feels helpless, but you can see the american spirit, especially here in hardhit detroit. You can. First question, does that equipment get to folks who need it most in time . Ryan young, great to have you there. Thanks very much. Thank you, ryan. Sorry. Go ahead, poppy. Were making this work. Were waiting for a briefing from new York Governor Andrew Cuomo in just a little bit and well bring that to you live. See you tomorrow. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im john king in washington and this is cnns continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Important new numbers today in the coronavirus fight. A model the white house often cites from the university of washington now estimates 60,000 deaths in the United States by august. While that number is numbing, the same model predicted 82,000 deaths yesterday, and 102,000 or more a week ago. Perhaps an improved longer term outlook, but the daily death toll is beyond staggering. More than 1900 americans lost to coronavirus yesterday. The current