Family and friends. This is a unique and challenging time. I hope that you are finding other ways to reach out to loved ones during during this time as we celebrate, as we cope and as we navigate these unsettling times. Since monday, we announced that the state of michigan has selected the suburban selection show place in novi with collaboration with ascension help as the sight of the second healthcare facility to extend medical capacity during the states response to covid19. After conversion of the suburban collection show place will provide bed space to accommodate up to 1,000 covid19 cases. And as we announced that the henry ford healthcare system, bowman health and the Detroit Medical Center will serve as partners providing critical support and Staffing Resources at t. C. F. Regional care center scheduled to accept its first 25 covid19 patients this friday. The United States army corps of engineers has built this hospital from scratch in a matter of days with the Michigan National
A ncrk the head of new yorks Emergency Medical Services joins us exclusively live. Drama on the high seas. The cruise ship stranded with a hundred sick on board and four already dead. Now fighting to dock in florida, but the governor is saying not so fast. How President Trump is responding. Supermarket safety. Advice from the top Infectious Disease expert. How she shops from the shopping cart to the checkout line and what she does when she gets those groceries home. Rent rebellion. As mortgage and rent payments become due, calls growing for a National Rent strike amid record unemployment numbers. The sharks join us live. What to do if you need help paying those bills. And social distance dancing, the way neighborhoods and families from new york to nashville are staying together while keeping apart. The moves that will make your morning. Good morning to you, robin and george. Good to see you there, michael. While people, as you know, are doing their best trying to make the most of this
That total, gov. Gavin newsom said the state saw a 26 jump in new cases, just yesterday. The Navy Hospital ship mercy arrived at the port of los angeles this morning from san diego, the la mayor said the ship is now essentially the largest hospital in the city. Can provide care to up to 1000 noncoronavirus patients, those beds will free up hospitals to concentrate on coronavirus cases. At a briefing on board the ship, the governor said facilities up and down the state are preparing right now for a surge in patients. We are in the process now of having secured roughly 4000 beds of some type to prepare for the surge which we believe will start taking shape in the next week or two based upon our modeling. Also today, gov. Newsom addressed the growing economic certainty that has been crated by this outbreak. He signs an executive order banning enforcement of eviction orders for nonpayment of rent, through may 31. Health officials here are bracing for projected influx, and the coming weeks.
State emergency that we are all experiencing. I am join today second nate smith as normal. Am also joined by stacy hurst, who will talk shortly about our parks, state park and outside recreational activities. I was previously joined by director a. J. Gary, who had to leave because he has a few other things going, including responding to the tornado in jonesboro. So he has got two crisis on his hands, and i appreciate his work as well. Yesterday as we reported, we had 426 covid19 cases in arkansas. Today we have 473 cases, which is an addition of 47. We have 62 who are hospitalized, and we have one new county, which is arkansas county. We have an additional death to the total. We now have seven deaths as a result of covid19. And again, dr. Smith will provide more details. I am going to turn it over to him for his comments, and then secretary hurst, and i will follow that with two announcements today. Thank you, governor. I want to give a little bit more detail on our numbers. As the gov
Secretary stacy hurst who will talk shortly about our parks our state parks and our outside recreation activities and i was previously joined pie director a. J. Gary who had to leave because well see got a few other things going, including responding to the tornado in jonesboro. So hes got two crises on his hands and i appreciate his work as well. Yesterday as we reported, we had 426 covid19 cases in arkansas. Today, we have 473 cases which is an addition of 47. We have 62 who are hospitalize asked one new county which is arkansas county. In addition, we have an additional death thats added to the total so we have now seven deaths, as a result of covid19. And again, dr. Smith will provide more details. Im going to turn it over to him for his comments and then secretary hurst and i will follow that with two announcements today. Thank you governor. I want to give a little bit more detail on our numbers. We did have a jump up of 47 to a total of 473. The breakdown between male and female