Raising the death toll here to more than 3,700. And tonight the Commanding Officer of the u. S. S. Theodore roosevelt is making an extraordinary plea to evacuate a majority of the 4,000 sailors on his Aircraft Carrier. He says he fears the virus is spreading on board so quickly that it is risking american lives. New york remains the epicenter of the crisis. The governor there, andrew cuomo, now says his state is heading into battle even as more Healthcare Professionals are getting sick themselves. Our team is covering every angle of this story tonight, and mola lenghi leads us off from new yorks central park. Mola . Reporter well, norah, the death toll here in the state of new york has jumped 25 in the last day, topping more than 300 deaths many just a 24hour period. Governor andrew cuomo, as you mentioned, is now warning that the coronavirus cases, when they peak, will need twice the number of beds we currently have right now in the state of new york, making these makeshift Field Hosp
Dont have the cash . Plus, are you eligible fho relief checks, and when will they come . Mask confusion. Mixed signals on whether the public should start to wear masks and whether there are even enough. Could they help contain the spread or give a false sense of security . And the band plays on. Despite the outbreak, the armys musical ambassadors still answering the call of duty at a distance. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Good evening, and thank you for joining us. We begin tonight with breaking news, and it is dire. New models just released by the white house show as many as 240,000 people could die in the u. S. From coronavirus even with most americans staying home. And more than two million americans could die if life returned to normal too soon. That stark news comes on americas deadliest day of the pandemic. In just the past 24 hours, more than 700 people have died raising the death toll here to more than 3,700. Tonight the C
What the governor said a moment ago, he is tired of being behind this virus. We have been behind it, playing catchup from day one, trying to put a plan in place that puts him ahead of it, plans what he believes will be the apex in terms of the virus and the impact on the state of new york in the next two to three weeks. Before we go back to the numbers, another thing the governor mentioned in albany a moment ago, his brother chris, who host as nightly program on cnn, is positive for covid19. His symptoms, according to cnn, are mild. Chris cuomo will continue to host his nightly program, they say from his home on a daily basis, again with mild symptoms. The governor has been talking about his brother who he says is his best friend here for the last few minutes. Before that he did go through these numbers. Lets put them back up there. 75,759 cases in the state of new york and 1500 deaths. 1550 is the latest number, up from over 1200 yesterday. These numbers, to neils point continue to ri
Up. We are all in search of the apex. And the other side of the mountain. But we are still headed up the mountain. Number of people tested last night was a near record amount. We tested over 18,000 people. We are testing more people than any state in the country. Im very proud of that. More per capita than china and south korea. Total number of people tested, 200,000. Population of 19 million. Its not going to give you a random sample, but its been helping us track down the positive cases. Number of positive cases, 9,298. Total cases, 75,000 cases. You see the predominance in new york city. Westchester, nassau, and suffolk. Then rockland. You can see that area of density. It spreads out from that area of density. The march of coronavirus across the state of new york continues. We are down to just two counties that dont have a case. The overall numbers, 75,000 have tested positive. 10,000 people in our hospitals. 2,7 i. C. U. Patients. Good news, 4900, almost 5,000 people discharged. Th
To normal in a province once the epicenter of the virus in china. Will also be looking at how the social Media Movement called care mongering is helping Vulnerable People cope with the crisis wherever they are. And its for chinas top Football League is aiming for a quick return to action the teams are now back in training hoping to kick off the season in may. So another surge in the number of people who have died from coronavirus in europe as the continent struggles to contain the outbreak spain 832 people have died there in just 24 hours it brings the total number of the dead to nearly 5700 since the outbreak began italy also really struggling to control things on friday it recorded the highest death toll of any single day anywhere in the world it was 909. 00 teen deaths as a result of covered 19 in 24 hours and theres also a 21. 00 day government lockdown which is affecting lives of hundreds of thousands of market workers in india a Public Transport Service is suspended leaving milli