Everybody. It us july 2nd, and, boy, do we have a lot to cover this morning. Im yasmin vossoughian. So we have new cases of coronavirus continuing to skyrocket across this country. The u. S. Topped 50,000 new cases in a single day for the first time yesterday. Thats coming just a week after topping 40,000 for the first time. Among the states with the highest number of new cases, california, texas, arizona, north carolina, and georgia, all reporting record daily totals. The president blames increased testing for the surge, but data showcases are also rising in places where testing has decreased. At the end of february when the United States was investigating its first few cases, the president said the virus would, quote, disappear like a miracle. Were now at nearly 2. 7 million cases, and more than 129,000 people are dead. And the president is still saying the same thing. I think that at some point thats going to sort of just disappear, i hope. You still believe so. I do. And it seems,
10,059 cases of the virus pushing the total to over 200,000. This is the third time in four days that the state has reported over 10,000 new cases in a single day. Nbcs sam brock joins us now from miami. What concerns are doctors there sharing with you . Reporter good to be with you here on this afternoon. 21,000 cases this weekend. You mentioned myrtle beach, South Carolina, they hit a record in South Carolina of 1,800 cases yesterday. Theres more than five times that just today in florida. In terms of the concerns locally, theyre going to be talking about hospitals. Im in miamidade county, thats one of the places where theyve shut down the beaches. If youre going to look anywhere at where the hospital would be the most acute, it would be here because a quarter of the cases throughout the state are in miamidade county. So whats going on here . On june 26th, there was fewer than 900 covid19 patients. As of today, the latest new normal dashboard that the county reports, more than 1,500
Just announcing it will send medical personnel to texas as the pandemic pushes the state to the brink. Its another sign hospitals and First Responders in texas are becoming overwhelmed by the surge and its not just texas. 32 states are seeing a spike in cases. 130,000 americans have now died from coronavirus dr. Fauci warning that the problem is getting worse. Were surging back up. Its a serious situation that we have to address immediately. Two top doctors in the country with these ominous words. Were in free falls. The president is in complete denial. The white house claiming the u. S. Is, quote, a leader in the fight against coronavirus. I think the world is looking at us as a leader and covid19. Wow, is this what she means . That the United States has 4 of the worlds population but 25 of the coronavirus deaths. Maybe thot. Maybe the green line at the top of the chart. It shows u. S. Cases in march. Roughly the same spot as italy, germany and france. The green line is surging. Its i
Need to retool their ventilation systems. A violent weekend. At least five children killed in cities across the country including this eight Year Old Girl in atlanta. On the attack, the president goes after nascar and driver Bubba Wallace as he appears to defend the Confederate Flag. Breaking news on that white woman who called police on a black man bird watching in central park. The criminal charge she faces and does that mean jail time . And we end tonight with a story of inspiration, a mom beats covid19 then gives birth to triplets. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west. Thank you for joining us. We are going to begin tonight with a dangerous and growing surge of new coronavirus cases across 40 states. Pushing hospitals to test limits. Taxing Testing Capacity and forcing governors to close businesses that had just reopened. And tonight, the countrys top Infectious Disease doctor says mos
Flooded with critical covid19 patients, and President Trump ignoring the spreading virus and publicly disagreeing with dr. Anthony fauci, who is warning the country is kneedeep in this disease. Trump actually claiming, and i quote i think were in a good place. Well, lets talk about all that now. Seth herndon is here, and dr. Jonathan reiner is the director of the cardiac catheterization program. Gentleman, im grateful to have both of you on. Dr. Reiner, you first. We have known about the virus for months and today the country recorded the most new cases in a single day 58,699. Shamefulf sha shameful. Feels like were back at the beginning of this pandemic. And it cant have to be this wait a minute i think if you look at the states that have succeeded in really dropping the number of cases dramatically, places like new york and new jersey, massachusetts, they did it through extensive testing, they close down for a very long time and they didnt open until they were ready to open. New york