Tonight, the coronavirus hits a chilling milestone in the u. S. The president speaking moments ago, defending his Decision Making in fighting the virus. Also, families trying to protect themselves from the virus, forced into shelters, as deadly tornadoes strike several states. Tonight, new york now reporting more than 10,000 dead. 671 deaths on Easter Sunday alone. While at the same time, the governor revealing the curve appears to be flattening. As tonight, other parts of the country are still bracing for the peak in their region. The sobering message tonight from massachusetts governor, facing their worst week yet. Chicago firefighters Wearing Masks at a funeral for one of their own on the front lines. And now, every state in the u. S. Reporting deaths from the virus. Tonight, the new move. Some governors in the northeast banding together. Other governors in the west
joining together too. Trying to coordinate a plan to reopen their states carefully. As the president says today, he is
nearly 9 now nurses at several new york hospitals are prepared to walk off the job if tentative contract agreements are not reached, including at mt. sinai hospital. officials are moving infants out of intensive care units and postponing elective surgeries. so gloria, it seems the most vulnerable patients are being caught up in this negotiation gridlock. so where do things stand? reporter: that s right, fred. the most vulnerable, the littlest patients, nicu babies, those infants twhs whose familie trying to get them home. we can tell you now that seven
the tripledemic is filling up hospitals at a frightening rate. nbc s sam brock has nor. reporter: this christmas, families are looking to exchange presents, not illness as they intersect. they re indoors people are hugging so people are getting sick and getting infections from each other reporter: the last two weeks, covid-related hospitalizations are up 7% and deaths up 15%. chief medical officer is keeping an eye on covid hospitalizations at miami s jackson health, one of the largest health care systems in the country it has quadrupled, to the mid to high 90s. reporter: at the hospitals that make up the texas medical center, those numbers are also rising covid doubling between mid-november and mid-december. at mt. sinai in new york, they were also up sizably as globally cases are surging. china is seeing an influx of
a flattening of the curve, but at a devastating level. tonight, governor cuomo ordering the wearing of masks. the peak they hope has been reached here. other parts of the country still have not reached their apex. more than 17 million americans out of work. new numbers coming tomorrow, that number expected to spike again. the first stimulus checks arriving tonight. and the global firestorm after president trump revealed his plans to halt funding to the world health organization. our interview with bill and melinda gates, their reaction as they make news tonight. their big announcement, right here. we will carefully get to it all. we begin with tom llamas right here in new york. reporter: tonight, the relentless battle against the coronavirus. even as new york flattens the curve, the death toll is rising. 752 people dying in just the past 24 hours. at mt. sinai beth israel hospital, dr. erik eiting has been working the overnight shift.
many. we ll get through it all tonight. here s tom llamas from new york. reporter: tonight, nearly a month since the first person died in new york from covid-19, governor andrew cuomo confronting a horrific milestone more than 10,000 new yorkers now dead from coronavirus. the terrible news is as terrible as it gets. this is 671 people who passed away on easter sunday. reporter: but even during this darkness, some light. fewer new yorkers are being hospitalized. fewer are being put on ventilators. and though the death toll remains staggering, now fewer people are dying. those numbers say we can control the spread. feel good about that. the worst is over. yeah, if we continue to be smart going forward. reporter: at mt. sinai hospital in queens, dr. eric blutinger has seen a change. just one week ago, the hospital was besieged. i m about ready to walk into the e.d.