Interesting or not is that it is a reflection of the number of tests weve had. 36 testing positive is slightly higher but that is the number that goes up and down. We will talk about why that may not be the best indicator of what is going on. I think of real interest to me is i look at hospitalization, you see 79 people hospitalized. That is the number that is not that is going up not exponentially but going up on a linear basis, which i think is good news. 17 fatalities is never good news. But again, it is a number that is not going up exponentially. What that means is it gives us capacity to plan and this is following what our modeling has been. And i start with our Health Care System. Our Health Care System is bending but it is not breaking. And that is because we did build in capacity in terms of everything we are trying to do, and that capacity as i have described in terms of other briefings, in terms of the beds, in terms of people, in terms of icu, we are planning accordingly fo
Now, more on the coronavirus outbreak with the Connecticut Governor who discussed the late bearishness the preparedness in his state. 36 testing positive is slightly higher, but that is a number that goes up and down and we will talk about why that may not be the best indicator. Me, you seerest to the 79 people hospitalized. That is a number that is going up not exponentially but going up on a linear basis which is i think good news. 17 fatalities is never good news. It is a number that is not going up exponentially. Plan,ives us capacity to that is following our modeling. I start with our Health Care System. Our Health Care System is bending but not breaking. We did build up capacity in terms of everything we are trying to do. That capacity in terms of other briefings in terms of beds, people, and terms of icus, we are planning accordingly for what we have to do. This allows us to plan even more. Capacity is important in terms of the other functions we are performing in the state as w
Fauquier. Stafford and culpeper, near 20 degrees as is Charles County and away from the waters in calvert and st. Marys and anne arundel. Its down to the low 20s now. Hour by hour, by 8 00 a. M. , well have the clouds coming and going. Well have a west wind picking up. Should be hovering around 30 degrees. By noontime, upper 30s. That wind increasing a bit. A gust to near 20 miles an hour early to mid afternoon. It will feel colder even though its climbing low 40s. It will feel like the low to mid 30s with the gusty wind. Sunsets at 5 00. By then, back down to the upper 30s with just a few clouds around. Im back this ten minutes with a hometown forecast. Mike cremedas in for danella this friday morning with your traffic. Good morning, mike. Good morning, tom. Things are still looking great on the beltway and looking good on 66 east to 495. Lets take a live look at the sudley road camera. Lot of cars but things are still moving. Youre also looking good inside the beltway at glebe road.
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