Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were focusing on the latest coronavirus developments nationally and globally. And new figures show that the United States has suffered its largest one day death toll. According to numbers compiled byjohns hopkins university, 2,108 people died in the past 2a hours. The United States has the highest number of cases this is bbc news. In the world nearly half a million. The headlines it has also suffered the second highest number of deaths 18,500. New york starts to bury some its onlyjust behind italy. Of the dead in a mass grave, as the city tries to deal new york state alone now with the rapidly growing has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any single number of deceased. Country in the world. Pictures have now emerged of a mass grave being used in new york city as the death toll there the state now has more coronavirus cases than any single country. Continues to rise. Latest figures record that over 7,000 have died fro
Canceled them. Now apologizing. Some churches still pushing ahead. The first stimulus checks arriving in Americans Bank accounts with nearly 17 million suddenly out of work. Long lines at food banks in los angeles and san antonio. The divide among governors. Some want to reopen for business earlier than others. President trump now facing what he calls the biggest decision of his life. New reports tonight of testing trouble. In california, 13,000 still waiting to learn whether theyre infected. The race to test for antibodies. The National Institute of health looking to see whether some develop immunity. Tests that could help america get back to work. And the two tech giants, apple and google, teaming up on a project they say could be a game changer for tracking the virus. Also tonight, the tornado danger this easter weekend. 100 million in the path from texas to virginia. And america strong. The families on the front lines fighting this disease, making the tough sacrifices to focus on t
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world, were focusing on all the latest coronavirus nationally and globally. New figures show the United States has suffered its largest one day death toll, according to numbers byJohns Hopkins university, 2108 people have died injust the past university, 2108 people have died in just the past 2a hours. The United States has the highest number of cases in the world, nearly half a million. It has also suffered the second highest number of deaths, 18,000, it is onlyjust behind out of italy. 18,500. And new york state alone now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any single country in the world. Pictures have now emerged of a mass grave being used in new york city as the death toll there continues to rise. Hart island has long been used for people with no next of kin, or by families who cant afford a funeral. Heres our north america editorjohn sopel. It is somehow unimaginable, unbelievable, that in the most famous city of th
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world, were covering all the latest coronavirus nationally and globally. World Health Organization has warned that lifting restrictions on movement to quickly to start economies could lead to a deadly resurgence of the pandemic. The total number of confirmed deaths from the pandemic around the world has now passed 100,000. Figures collated byjohns now passed 100,000. Figures collated by Johns Hopkins university in the United States says that globally there are 110w says that globally there are now almost 1. 7 million registered cases of covid 19. The United States now has the highest number of cases, nearly half a million. It has also suffered the second highest number of deaths, 18,500, it is only just number of deaths, 18,500, it is onlyjust behind number of deaths, 18,500, it is only just behind italy. Number of deaths, 18,500, it is onlyjust behind italy. In new york state alone now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than
Mark meredith is standing by at the white house with more. Mark . Reporter good evening, jon. The white house says its up to americas governors to decide if and when they can reopen, but governors say until more testing is available, that is an extremely difficult decision for them to make. Vice president mike pence, he was on Fox News Sunday today, and he tried to reassure americans that more testing is coming both on a federal and state level. Now weve cleared four million overall. But in 150,000 tests a day, we think we can double that number by working with governors to activate all of the laboratories in their states around the country that can do coronavirus testing. That would put us at roughly 300,000. Reporter but some governors are pushing back including some republican governors saying that their state resources are already exhausted and that they need more help from the federal government. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is among those criticizing the president over testing. She