Reality, saying things are going to get worse before they get better remember that, with the virus . The president today painting a much rosier picture today at a press conference, with again, no medical experts. We will get to the other end of that tunnel very quickly, we hope. The light is starting to shine. Weve been doing it properly. Cases remain low and very stable. As far as the coronavirus, as you say, i think weve done some Amazing Things and i think youll probably see that if you compare our statistics to other countries and if you look at death rates, et cetera, youre going to see, and especially into the future with whats happening, youre going to see some very, very impressive numbers. First he calls americas numbers impressive. Here are the facts. The u. S. Right now is on track to hit 4 million cases within the next day. Cases have been rising at an astonishing speed now. Now more than 3. 9 million. Remember the u. S. Has just 4 of the worlds population. But a quarter of
President just calling an explosion in beirut an attack. Was it . We are live on the ground tonight. Lets go outfront. Good evening im erin burnett. Outfront, tonight, it is what it is, the words of donald trump when asked about 1,000 americans dying from coronavirus each day. And just moments ago the president saying something false about the coronavirus situation. We proportionately are lower than almost all countries. Were at the bottom of the list. And relative to cases also, were at the bottom of the list which is a good thing being at the bottom of the list. The u. S. Is not at the bottom of the list when it comes to people dying. We have nearly 23 of the worlds deaths. Thats the 20 most affected countries when it comes to death per 100,000 people, the United States ranks fourth. As of tonight, u. S. Death toll topping 156,000 people. In 11 of the past 15 days, more than 1,000 americans on every single one of those days have died from coronavirus. But the message from the preside
In Jacksonville Florida as we learn more than 4 million americans have been infected with coronavirus. More than 144,000 americans have died in it. And the virus right now is spreading more and more quickly. Just take a look at this time line. Johns hopkins reported the first case of coronavirus in the United States on january 21st. It took another 99 days to reach 1 million cases on april 28th. Another 43 days to hit 2 million cases. Another 28 to hit 3 million. And now only 15 days to 4 million cases in the United States. And we have to say this point again to be very clear that this is not just due to more testing, as the president keeps saying. Over the past six weeks there has been a 68 increase in testing. Cases though have more than tripled. The increase there of 224 . So, the math, those are the facts. One of the biggest hotspots in this country tonight is florida where President Trump was set to hold that big portion of his convention at the end of august. I looked at my team
Drastically changed his tone on the virus. 4 million americans have been diagnosed with the virus, 145,261 have died. The death toll has surpassed 1,000 a day for three days in a row and we are on track for today to be the fourth. 28 states now seeing a rise in deaths over the past week. The virus is spreading and the death toll, once unimaginable, is now climbing by 1,000 people a day. A grim reality that President Trump only seems to acknowledged begrudgingly and occasionally over the past few days. The white house saying today dont believe what you heard him say for 5 1 2 months. No, no, no, they say the president has never down played the virus. Never changed his tone. He hasnt changed. Speaking on covid generally, the way ive heard him talk privately in the oval office is the way hes talking out here. Perhaps she has been hearing something the rest of the country hasnt when the president has opened his mouth because here is what he has said publicly for five and a half months. We
Just two months ago. That number, the president once casually claimed the United States would never never hit. And look, were going to lose anywhere from 75,000, 80,000 to 100,000 people. That was may 3rd. The president was wrong. And to put this terrible and avoid able number into perspective, 150,000 dead americans is equivalent to the death toll on 9 1150 times over. A new study tonight warns unlike many countries in the world, the United States is not on course to get control of the epidemic. It is time to reset. Another Key Medical Group warning the United States must get the pandemic under control or the deaths could go into the multihundreds of thousands. And the president s response today . He travelled to texas, not to address the states 9,000 reported cases today, but to raise money for his election and to tout energy dependence. And you can see, there he is, not wearing a mask. Governor of texas, of course, was. Almost everyone else on the tarmac was, but he doesnt wear one.