On what appears to be culture wars as the pandemic that has rocked this white house for the past four months escalates to an alarming level in this country. Just a few hours ago, trump was declaring victory on that front. I think were going very good with the coronavirus. I think that at some point, thats going to sort of just disappear, i hope. You still believe so . I do. New cases of the virus are surging with the daily number topping 40,000 in recent days and moving north of 50,000 over the past 24 hours. New cases. The New York Times reports infections in this country are now up 80 over the past two weeks. In 38 states and puerto rico are grappling with covid spike. The south and the west are new epicenters with arizona, california, florida, and texas posting the highest number of new cases. Bloomberg news reports intensive care units in houston are now at 102 of capacity. Propublica reports many of the citys Health Care Workers fear that hospitals may soon be overwhelmed with vir
I think that at some point, thats going to sort of just disappear, i hope. You still believe so . I do. New cases of the virus are surging with the daily number topping 40,000 in recent days and moving north of 50,000 over the past 24 hours. New cases. The New York Times reports infections in this country are now up 80 over the past two weeks. In 38 states and puerto rico are grappling with covid spike. The south and the west are new epicenters with arizona, california, florida, and texas posting the highest number of new cases. Bloomberg news reports intensive care units in houston are now at 102 of capacity. Propublica reports many of the citys Health Care Workers fear that hospitals may soon be overwhelmed with virus patients. Georgia also dealing with a major increase in coronavirus cases. The outbreak now straining that states testing infrastructure. Today one House Task Force member said discussions are under way to flood those states seeing major outbreaks with even more testing
Just a few hours ago, trump was declaring victory on that front. I think were going very good with the coronavirus. I think that at some point, thats going to sort of just disappear, i hope. You still believe so . I do. New cases of the virus are surging with the daily number topping 40,000 in recent days and moving north of 50,000 over the past 24 hours. New cases. The New York Times reports infections in this country are now up 80 over the past two weeks. Tonight, 38 states and puerto rico are grappling with covid spikes. The south and the west are new epicenters with arizona, california, florida, and texas posting the highest number of new cases. Bloomberg news reports intensive care units in houston are now at 102 of capacity. Propublica reports many of the citys Health Care Workers fear that hospitals may soon be overwhelmed with virus patients. Georgia also dealing with a major increase in coronavirus cases. The outbreak now straining that states testing infrastructure. Today one
In now 31 states. 24 have paused or rolled back their reopening plans. Dr. Anthony fauci warns were knee deep in the first wave of this pandemic and that it is getting worse. Cases and hospitalizations are soaring so quickly in texas the military is deploying medical personnel to help in some parts of the state. Dozens of hospitals in florida are completely full and out of icu beds, this as were learning that two of the nations largest testing labs are warning of some major delays. Were covering all the angles this hour. Lets begin again with rosa flores who joins us in miami. Good morning, rosa, what is the situation there. You know, poppy, theres a lot of concern here, both local officials and medical experts about the number of hospitalizations and the increase they are seeing specifically here in mime dade county. Lets start with the facts statewide. 43 icu units have hit capacity meaning these hospitals have zero icu beds available. On top of that, theres two other icu hospitals w
136,000 lives lost . This morning, there are encouraging results from an encouraging vaccine trial. This drug will now advance to the next crucial stage of testing. President trump did not share that positive news or the importance of wearing a mask during a rambling Campaign Speech in the rose garden. Instead, he bragged about how great things are and he aired his grievances about joe biden. Theres another Troubling Development this morning. The daily reports from hospitals on patient loads and Ventilator Capacity will no longer be sent to the cdc. The Trump Administration wants that info sent to them first. And that means it will no longer be open to the public. Cnn chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta and will humble from the Arizona Public Health association and the former director of arizonas department of health services. Will, let me start with you, because i havent had a chance to speak with you for a while. Arizona has been pushed almost to the limit in terms of the capaci