Warning saying for some time that this National Crisis will get worse before it gets better. As he says his administration is in the process of developing a strategy. 26 states, however, remain in a situation where cases are rising. A new warning from the cdc that this crisis is even worse than the the data show, the agency says portions of the u. S. Could really have had ten times as many cases as previously believed. Also new this warning, a warning for the fall. A top commercial testing lab is sounding the alarm that the u. S. Labs, their lab will not be able to cope with the testing surge during flu season. Theres a lot to get to this hour. Lets get to our john harwood. He joins us from the white house. Good morning, john. Talk about the new strategy from the white house. Its great to hear the president saying the truth about it will get worse before it gets better, but its a total 180. Its a total 180, poppy that was driven by the president s political standing. Hes tried very har
ABC News(MCALLEN, Texas) When 21-year-old, first-time mother Samantha Reyna arrived in labor at DHR Health Women's Hospital in McAllen, Texas, she was stunned to learn that she was positive for COVID-19. "I was actually completely shocked," Reyna, who gave birth Sunday, told ABC News. "I didn't think I was going to be positive while going into labor." Although Reyna has had minor symptoms, out of precaution, she and her husband made the difficult decision to keep her 1-day-old son, Santos, in the nursery, in an effort to keep him from catching COVID-19. "It's been a little sad, because I don't have him here with me. I'm not able to be there for him in case he cries or anything," Reyna said. Although there are encouraging declines in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across much of the country, many U.S. hospitals, including DHR Health, continue to struggle with significant numbers of COVID-19 patients in need of care. Many of t