Briefings this was held at the department of health and Human Services not at the white house the briefing was held after the number of new coronavirus cases in the United States, hit an alltime high of 40,000 today. I think what we are missing on this is something that it is not just isolated to you because if you get infected, you are part innocently or inadvertently, propagating the dynamic process of a pandemic. Because the chances are, that if you get infected, that you will in fact someone else. You may feel well. 40,000 new cases today making the total case count in the United States more than 2. 4 million and as cases surgeon some states there are nearly 2 and half million coronavirus cases again here in the United States more than more than 124,000 people have died from covid19. In minutes we will bring you the governor speaking live as he updates the states response to covid19. We do know the number of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in california,
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Hospitalizations and the number of icu patients went up. As the u. S. Keeps setting new records for new infections, the White House Coronavirus task force held their first News Conference in weeks. The u. S. Is flattening the curve, but as ray bogan shows us, that is not true in many parts of the country. We can be either part of the solution or part of the problem. Reporter the White House Coronavirus task force had their first briefing of more than a month, and they had a message for young americans. If you get infected, you will infects someone else. Reporter covid19 cases are spiking. Governor greg abbott to executive action to close bars and restaurants. They could run out of icu space in a matter of days. Today we find ourselves careening toward a catastrophic and unsustainable situation. Reporter and co. Florida, nearly 9000 new cases on friday. It has been a recordbreaking week were nearly 20 of the cases are between 25 and 34 years old and now we are more of a mass testing and
The fall. And include social distancing, hygiene measures and handwashing. Schools will attempt to maximize the number of School Events that can be held virtually. School lunches will be eaten in classrooms or out doors. Guidelines are meant to prioritize student safety. The guidelines are to help administrators and others put the right procedures in place to reopen. However, whether schools can move forward with reopening for in Person Instruction will depend on the containment of covid19 in the weeks and months to come. The guidance will allow all of our schools to plan effectively for the possibility of School Campuses offering and Person Instruction in the 2020 2021 school year to the greatest extent practical. The guidelines do not allow electives and Extracurricular Activities in which social distancing and face coverings cannot be maintained at all times. This includes choir, band, and cheerleading. The announcement from Santa Clara County comes after a National Organization of
Map and putting in over 40 of americas states. That gives you a sense of the magnitude of the state of california and the magnitude of our responsibility to approach our response in a way that addresses the needs of different parts of the state of california, different regions. Accordingly, we of long talked about our approach to addressing the issues of covid19, it spread and our suppression strategies have to be from the frame, bottomup. We have talked about the fact that localism is determinative. We recognize local conditions are just inked and unique from one another and we recognize that conditions in far reaches of california and northern parts of the state are very different than in the San Francisco bay area and very different from the loss in los angeles region. And accordingly, we have afforded the ability for local Health Records Health Directors working collaboratively with advocates and elected officials to make determinations for themselves on when to move forward throug