World Health Organization suggests an adequate test positive rate should be somewhere between 3. 12 . But right now in the u. S. , its about 20 . This comes as the death toll has skyrocketed in the u. S. Last week was the deadliest sent on to say the death toll was just over 25,000 but its sort of 4300 deaths from wednesday to thursday. And over 4500 people died on friday alone. Last night we closed in on 39,000 deaths and thats more than the number of people who died in the korean war. For weeks now federal and state officials have been talking about testing shortfalls and why patients who have symptoms cant get tested. Well now we have new insight into how testing got off to such a slow start here in the u. S. Karen caifa has more. President trump says a few states are ready to ope businesses within the next week we continue to see a number of positive signs. The virus has passed its peak. The president pointing to vermont and montana and texas where the governor says a phased reopen
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[please stand by] virtually no cars, no motorcycles, no anything. Things that would normally be taken care of, we dont see anymore. The ship is ready, but it has to, if we need it, needed for the virus, we would be using it for that. We would prefer not but if for any reason they need it, it is ready, willing and able. We have the we have the best logistics officials anywhere in the world and we are orchestrating a massive furlough response federal response unlike our country has ever done. More and more we are using medical people because of the states, iniction particular, new york, new jersey, long island has become a hot spot, part of new york. Sending a lot of things and now personnel where it is needed, military personnel. As of tuesday we will have deployed over 3000 military and Public Health professionals to new york, connecticut and other parts of the country. The number is going up. Off in we see a leveling the hottest spots of them all. You will see that over the next few d