And say it is causing such severe fevers and inflammation, that children are now being sent to the i. C. U. Reports of the illness quadrupled overnight in new york, just as that state was beginning to see the curve of covid19 infections flattening. Now, across the rest of the country tonight, though, it is a very different story. Coronavirus infections in at least 28 states are now rising at a rate much faster than expected, and just as most of the country is loosening those stayathome restrictions. Today, the former headline of the c. D. C. Warned that congress, and told them that the scope of this pandemic is unprecedented, saying as bad as things have been, this is just the beginning. There is more evidence of that as we come on the air tonight. The virus has now killed more than 72,000 nationwide. Confirmed cases now top 1. 2 million. And we learned today that 96 of the people recently admitted to new York Hospitals with the virus, also have some type of Underlying Health condition