Over 100,000 per day. Remember, a lot of cases are going undetected because not everybody can get testing and according to the cdc, the total number of cases is ten times of what we have been measuring. 19 states are pausing or changing the reopening plans in the face of this. In california many are closing beaches and canceling fireworks displays for the upcoming weekend as governor gavin newsom is considering more restrictions to stop the spread. Lets go there, cnns dan simon is in Pacific Palisades and joining me right now. Dan, what are you hearing . Well, we dont know what the governor is going to announce, but there is a sense that he has to do something dramatic to get the state back on track. In l. A. County all of the beaches will be closed and no fireworks either. Could we see something more like that throughout the state or could it be something more significant in terms of closing down the economy once again . Governor newsom has likened it to a toggle switch. He is expecte
Crescendo all at once though. Officials now pointing to a rush to reopen as a likely factor. By nbcs own tally, 11 states are seeing their case numbers at least doubling over the past two weeks. Public Health Department in los angeles is warning the county could run out of icu beds this month. The number of cases surging. Los angeles mayor promising more testing, but people seem to be running into trouble getting the test there. Gadi schwartz made his way to Dodger Stadium, one of los angeles countys largest testing sites. Gadi, good morning to you. Whats the scene there . What are folks saying about their ability or inability to get a test . Reporter yeah, craig, Dodger Stadium here is set to open for testing in a couple hours. I just checked. If youre looking to make an appointment and youre asymptomatic, there are no Appointments Available here or at any of the nearby county or city testing sites, which means youll have to find a private Testing Center if you dont already have an ap
The United States has recorded 200,000 coronavirus deaths. The latest figures, compiled byjohns hopkins university, also show that almost 6,900,000 people in the us are confirmed to have been infected by the virus. A short time ago, President Trump made his first remarks on the latest death toll. I think its a shame. I think if we didnt do it properly and do it right, youd have 2. 5 million deaths, if you take a look at alternatives, you could have 2. 5 million deaths, or something there about. You could have a number that would be substantially more. With all of that being said, we shouldnt have had anybody, and you saw my United Nations speech, china shouldve stopped it at their border. They shouldve never let this spread all over the world. And its a terrible thing. But, had we not closed our country down and reopened and now were doing well in reopening, the stock markets up, all of those things, but i think its a horrible thing. But if we had not done it right, you could have two
Will be male and female. The United States has recorded 200,000 coronavirus deaths. The latest figures, compiled byjohns hopkins university, also show that almost 6,900,000 people in the us are confirmed to have been infected by the virus. This was President Trumps reaction to the latest death toll. I think its a shame. I think if we didnt do it properly and do it right, youd have 2. 5 Million Deaths if you take a look at alternatives, you could have 2. 5 Million Deaths, or something there about. You could have a number that would be substantially more. With all of that being said, we shouldnt have had anybody and you saw my United Nations speech, china shouldve stopped it at their border. They shouldve never let this spread all over the world. And its a terrible thing. But had we not closed our country down and reopened and now were doing well in reopening, the stock markets up, all of those things but i think its a horrible thing. But if we had not done it right, you could have two m
Hello and welcome. President trump has been taken to the walter reed medical hospital as a precaution less than 2a hours after testing positive for coronavirus. His physician said he was feeling fatigued but in good spirits and is expected to spend the next few days there. Heres our north america editorjon sopel. An extraordinary moment at extraordinary day. Destination walter reid e hospital. extraordinary day. Destination walter reid e hospital. I think im doing very well that we are going to make sure that tings workout, the first lady is doing really well. Thank you very much, i appreciate it, ill neverforget it, very much, i appreciate it, ill never forget it, thank you. But if the symptoms are mild, worries having to do boat hospital, particularly when the white house has its own medical unit with a team of doctors and medical workers. On thursday night at what now appears to be grim irony, the president made a speech from the white house about the pandemics of the worst was behi