Her answer that leads to more questions coming up. Good to have you with us. Well, we begin this hour with the relentless rise in Coronavirus Infections across the United States. The numbers just keep going up and up. And you can see them here. In this chart. Note how steep the rise has become in recent weeks as cases increase rapidly. This surge is hitting florida hard. It shattered the singleday case record reached by any state sunday, reporting over 15,000 new infections. Cases are spiking from coast to coast. See those dark red states on this map . Well, theyve all seen increases of 50 or more. In Californias Los Angeles county, Officials Say they now have substantially more covid hospitalizations than they had a month ago. Phoenix, arizona has so many coronavirus patients who need help breathing theyve set a record for ventilator use. And Michigan Health authorities have issued an advisory telling partygoers at this Independence Day celebration to get tested. At least one of them
Even as the virus rages out of control, the white house trying to discredit one of the nations leading health experts. Dr. Anthony fauci. And dozens of cases of covid19 detected on military bases in japan. Were live in tokyo with a look at whats being done to slow that spread. Welcome, everyone. The World Heath Organization says a staggering 230,000 cases of coronavirus were reported around the world on sunday. The most in a single day. The surge in new infections is being led, of course, by the u. S. , which has confirmed more than 3. 3 million cases of its own overall. Since last week at least 33 states have reported a significant jump in new infections but the u. S. Surgeon general believes the country can still turn things around. The disease course is about two to three weeks. So just as we see cases skyrocket, we can turn this thing around in two to three weeks if we can get a Critical Mass of people wearing face coverings, practicing at least six feet of social distancing, doing
Picking up firearms. John, i want to thank you. Kirsten foye, i want to thank you. I really appreciate your comments. The nypd members of the nypd, were so grateful youre here. John miller and jeffrey madre. Brian williams, thank you for helping us understand what happens in the hospital and the real trauma. Chief ramsey, we have you on all the time. You always speak with such authority and of course my colleague, sara sidner out there on the streets almost daily covering these stories. We appreciate you joining us as well. This is a tough conversation that we all that is the only way were going to get this issue under control. So weve had a productive conversation and i hope we can build on it for the future so thanks to all of my guests, thanks to you for listening and thank you for watching as well. Im don lemon. Our coverage continues. Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world. Youre watching cnn newsroom and im rosemary church.
Infections in the last 24 hours, the highest on record. And numbers are spiking in other countries, too. Brazil topped 2 million cases and india has just hit 1 million. Plus, Security Officials accuse Russian Hackers of a cyber attack on Vaccine Research centers. Well hear the kremlins response. The u. S. Set another regr regrettable record on thursday with 77,000 new cases of coronavirus in a single day. The sunbelt, california to florida, is getting the worst of it. Many hospitals are already filling up. Americas Top Health Experts agree its grim. We do have a serious situation now. In the Southern States particularly exemplified by florida, california, arizona, texas have seen surges that are really quite disturbing. Surges, as you mentioned, that have gone up to over 60,000 cases a day. That obviously is something that we must address. Numbers growing weeks after most of the country had begun to reopen. Avoid another lockdown, masks are now required in more than 3 dozen states. Geo
Heres what we know. It includes 105 billion for schools without holding back money from schools that need to stay closed. It includes 25 billion in funding for testing, something the white house has objected to. Talks came at the last minute. White house raised a possibility of a shortterm extension but Senate Republican leadership rejected the idea. Locking in funding levels marks a step forward. There will be another round of stimulus checks for lower income families and another round of paycheck protection loans for struggling small businesses. They already passed their own 3 trillion proposal back in may. While washington has the details on the stimulus, there were more than 1,000 deaths of coronavirus reported in the u. S. Again on wednesday. The first time that has happened two days in a row since late may. The governors of ohio, indiana, minnesota have added or expanded facemask rules. The number of people hospitalized keeps rising. Only compounding that problem hes working to p