Good to have you with us. Staying at home to save your life. That is the message from leaders all around the world as the number of coronavirus cases soares to 300,000 with 14,000 deaths globally. In the United States cases rose by at least 100 on monday. The biggest jump yet bringing the total to at least 42,000 cases. Right now there have been 541 deaths in the United States, a significant spike over the last week and new york is by far the hardest hit state with nearly 21,000 cases and 157 deaths. It is one of 16 u. S. States that have issued stayathome orders. Thats about 43 of the u. S. Population but with the dow jobbing again, jobs in jeopardy and lawmakers still adopting a stimulus package. President trump is appearing to put the economy before public health. He wants the u. S. Economy to recover even if it means going against the advice of his own Health Experts. America will again and soon be open for business, very soon. A lot sooner than three or four months that somebody w
Right. The number of cases growing by the day. The march of the coronavirus across this country is undeniable. As you mentioned, at least 13 states have now issued stayathome orders following in the footsteps of california and new york. That means a quarter of the u. S. Population is being asked to stay home. By midweek, when all these measures have kicked in, it means that four in ten people in america will be staying home. Its shocking to have to say this. Even just a few days ago i thought we could get safely into april. Reporter one week. Thats how long new yorks mayor says the city has before many of its hospitals could run out of lifesaving ventilators, masks, and other personal protective gear. Our 11 Public Hospitals right now, we can get through this week with the equipment and supplies we have. If we dont get ventilators this week, were going to start losing lives we could have saved. I cant be blunter than that. Reporter now the epicenter of americas coronavirus crisis, new
Lets get after it. No small irony in the fact today is National Doctors day. And i see many of you filling up your social media feeds honoring the sacrifice they have made and that we all know is still to come. Remember, if you want to honor doctors, theyre only asking us to do one thing. Its even a hash tag now. Stay home. And not enough of us are doing it. And the proof of that is that, yeah, were getting some good information and well go through it tonight, but its about the rate of how fast this is moving not that its actually a curve in cases. We have a long way to go. Youve got to take this seriously. Please, tonight if youre watching, ive never wanted you to watch us more, because it means youre home. More than threequarters of the population is under a stay at home order. We shouldnt have to wait for it to be official. This is about common sense. This should be do doing for your own, your community, walking the walk we all talk about how we love this country and how were for on
Bed hospital. We are still awaiting test results from our colleague here at 360. I personally have no symptoms and had no close contact with the person. We broadcast from my home on friday. My staff is all still working from home. Tonight, im in a remote studio with a robotic camera so im not in contact with anyone else. But again, no symptoms. Globally, late today, britains Prime Minister put the uk on the tightest lockdown since the second world war. This morning, the president s Surgeon General said this. I want america to understand this week, its going to get bad. And we really need to come together as a nation and so we really, really you dont think people are taking it seriously . Well, that was this morning. Now, heres the president this evening. Cnns Kaitlan Collins asking him whether his desire to loosen restrictions was medically sound. You said its likely going to be weeks, not months, before you suggest easing these guidelines you put out. Have any of the doctors on your t
Doctors, theyre only asking us to do one thing. Its even a hash tag now. Stay home. And not enough of us are doing it. And the proof of that is that, yeah, were getting some good information and well go through it tonight, but its about the rate of how fast this is moving not that its actually a curve in cases. We have a long way to go. Youve got to take this seriously. Please, tonight if youre watching, ive never wanted you to watch it more because it means youre home. More than threequarters of the population is under a stay at home order. This should be do doing for your own, your community, walking the walk we all talk about how we love this country and how were for one another. Its time to prove it. These daily death tolls are staggering. I tell you dont get hung up on the number because it will always go up. We have no idea what the scope of the tragedy will be. We lost many in new york today in these 500 deaths. So lets get some context on what the good news is, what the bad new