And hundreds of thousands of dwou gowns and gloves. Were competing for these items. Every single one of us taking the message to the politicians that they have to stop playing politics. This isnt a stimulus package. Its an investment in survival. We have a giant, giant bailout plan with no accountability. This is new day. Well comb to our viewers in the United States. Its monday, march 23rd. Erica hill in for alisyn this morning. A very busy morning. Some of the nations largest cities warning of being overwhelmed by coronavirus. A wave of new cases and a critical shortage of supplies. There are now more than 34,000 cases across the United States. More than 400 americans have died. New york is now the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States. With roughly 5 of the entire world total cases. President trump is activating the National Guard in three of the hardest hit states, new york, california and washington. Theyre directing fema to set up medical stations. These are new hospital
So at this hour the u. S. Has the highest reported number of coronavirus cases in the world. The w. H. O. Says its confirmed cases of the virus have more than 190 countries and territories. No one is known to be immune, and despite the efforts of doctors around the world, so far there is no vaccine. Johns Hopkins University has logged more than 532,000 cases worldwide with more than 24,000 deaths. In the u. S. , more than 82,000 americans are now infected surpassing even china. The u. S. On thursday reported 15,000 confirmed cases in just a single day. Yet the u. S. President seems eager to move on. People want to go back to work. Im hearing it loud and clear from everybody, and its going to happen pretty quickly. Af lot of progress has made but we have to go back to work. We may take sections of our country, we may take large sections of our country that arent so seriously affected. There are now almost four times the number of cases in the u. S. Than reported in china. The epicenter,
This morning a lot less green on that map there. Only 9 states now reporting a downward trend in new cases. 17 states are headed the wrong way. The u. S. Death toll approaching 95,000, a tragic rate coming down at a stubbornly slow pace. A push to reopen does not change the reality of the virus. The lag time that occurs between the time when we start to see these cases and when they convert to a really big spike can be a matter of weeks. Nothing magic happened while we were staying home. During these lockdown periods its not like the virus got less contagious or less deadly. One immediate concern, beaches will be open this memorial day. Even more people may be unaware that they are spreading the virus than we thought. Overnight the cdc released an estimate that 35 of Coronavirus Infections produce no symptoms. Huge concerns focused on the south now. Places like florida where new cases in palm beach are expected to quadruple. In texas they could see cases skyrocket more than 10 fold. Th
Nears the grim toll of 100,000 deaths. Instead of setting a powerful example of how to protect others and yourself the president says he will not be caught on camera by wearing a mask. Let me start by showing this, the sevenday average, more states report an increase in cases. So when you look at that you can see the increase. You now have 17 states now showing an increase in the number of reported coronavirus cases. 12 saw a decrease. Now, if you compare that to a week ago, 9 states had an increase in the number of reported new cases. So that number of states with an increase has doubled in the past week. This is a pretty significant thing to say. The question is why . Is this the result of more testing . Or do we have a much bigger problem, a potential second wave coming across the country . These are serious questions tonight. And yet today the president was playing political games at best or being simply vain at worst. Trump at a ford manufacturing plant in michigan where according
After sweeping through china, europe and the United States, the coronavirus pandemic is surging in parts of the latin america. Cases in latin america, Central America and the caribbean have begun outpacing those in the United States and europe. Its a mixed picture across the u. S. As americans are set to mark the memorial day holiday. New york, new jersey, connecticut, delaware are among the states that will reopen their beaches but with rules to avoid crowding. Health experts continue to warn of a possible resurgence if people are not careful. We get the latest now from cnns anderson cooper. There have now been more than 1. 5 million positive cases of the coronavirus in the u. S. More than 94,000 people have died. The u. S. Continues to lift restrictions. For the first time in two months all 50 states have partially reopened. 12 states are now reporting a drop in the numbers. Last week at this time there were 24 states that saw their cases declining. 17 states are now seeing the numbe