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Experiment with offflabel use of ent drugs in hope of combating covid19. We havent had a situation like this. People are used to saying ive got this disease, where is the drug . Evyone is starting to learn a little bit more about what Drug Discovery is like. Judy l that and more tonight. Major funding forws the pbs nehour has been provided by Consumer Cellular. Johnson johnson. Financial Services Firm raymond james. Supporting social tentrepreneurs andir solutions to the worlds most pressing problems. Committed to improving lives through invention in the u. S. And developing countries. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. More information at macfoun d. Org. And with t ongoing support of these institutions. Mthis program we possible by the corporation for public abroadcasti by contributions from viewers like you. Thank you. Judy the u. S. Death from th covid19 pandemic has now topped 127,000 people the epicenter has shifted to the west and the south, where cas
Want to work on the engineering side of this issue. Judy all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by since our beginning, our people anas been their financial wellbein that mission gives us purpose d a way forward. Today a andlways. For 25 years, consumer cellulars goal has been to provide wireles service that helps people communicate and connect. We offer a variety of no contract plans. To learn more, visit consumercellcular. Tv. Johnson johnson. The john asked and james l night foundatn. More at kf. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastin and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Judy the u. S. Is now averaging s ughly 40,000 new confirmed covid19 infectich day. The caseload has more than doubled this least 10 states, mostly in the south and the west. Today, the nations Top Health Expert sounded nt warnings
Thank you for coming, i am joined by the woman to my right the commissioner of, judy and to her right department of Health Medical director doctor ed. Good to have you with us. Into my left superintendent col. Pat callahan. Director of the Department Office of homeland security, we will get right to the numbers and we have a lot of ground to cover. So you could please bear with us. Since our briefing yesterday, we have had 1982 new positive tests bringing our statewide total to 8825. In addition, we have lost another 27 precious souls of our fellow new jersey population to covid19 related complications. We have now lost a total of 108 precious lives. We mourn with these families and indeed with our entire state every precious life that has been lost. God rest their souls and as usual, judy will be giving you more color and the details of these both positive cases as well as General Information about the lives that we have lost. My thoughts indeed our thoughts are also with the women an