Task force in the briefing room. Of course, there will be plenty of questions about this package, his input there, and questions about the reporting of what the administration could have done far earlier. Were hearing that as medical professionals across the country are sounding the alarm, warning that hospitals are running out of the of masks, ventilators and other crucial equipment. There are three more states, new york, connecticut, Illinois Joining california ordering people to stay at home. 75 Million People are on lockdown and the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the u. S. Has surged now to more than 18,000, and 263 people have died. Sarah is there any indication to how close the senate is to getting the senate deal done . Reporter there are some outstanding issues with this massive legislation that lawmakers are racing to get done headed into next week. In a half hour, lawmakers will return to capitol hill to continue those negotiations that lasted well into the night la
Percentage of those are actually needing the icu beds. Those ventilators. We know that this hospital alone has been resupplied with ventilators four times in the last ten days. The state has authorize the every hospital to be able to split ventilators. Thats the kind of demand were seeing on the frontlines here in new york. Of course, were hearing other cities now seeing what new york was seeing last week, places like chicago and detroit and new orleans, essentially a surge in hospitals, theyre becoming overwhelmed, the fact that the number of cases are going up. Of course, you know this john. Weve been hearing this. Next week is expected to be even works. New video inside elmhurst hospital in the middle of new york citys outbreak. This footage published by the New York Times shows an e. R. Crowded with patients that are suffering from coronavirus. Doctors are struggling to keep up. From our perspective, everything is not fine. I dont have the support that i need and even just the mate
We begin with the coronavirus pandemic playing out in some very different ways right now. Part of the world is moving toward opening the toward reopening and toward what could loosely be called getting back to normal. This is new yorks central park on saturday. The weekend sunshine and warm temperatures also drew people out of the onto the National Mall in washington. And right now more than 30 u. S. States are loosening restrictions. And so are many countries. In hardhit italy, for instance, construction and manufacturing businesses can open their doors on monday. As new cases continue to go down in italy, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says the countrys reopening plan could accelerate. Other nations, however, are saying not so fast. France is poised to extend its state of emergency and indias lockdown, which was set to expire on monday, will continue for two more weeks. Well, Johns Hopkins University Says there are more than 3. 4 million coronavirus cases worldwide. Roughly a third of
Welcome, everyone. The experiment by many u. S. States in reopening amid the coronavirus may have backfired and now for millions of americans life may be going back on hold. New cases in more than half the country are starting to pileup. Several states hit new highs this weekend. Its hard to find a patch of green on that map there where cases are actually going down. Now, this deals a blow to people hoping to get back on with their lives as now some of these states are hitting the pause button on reopening or starting to close portions of of the economy again entirely. The u. S. Accounts for about a quarter of the nearly 10 million cases worldwide and the almost 500,000 deaths. And the situation could be even worse than we know. The centers for Disease Control and prevention say that based on antibodies found in blood samples the real number of people infected may be at least 6 and up to 24 times higher than whats been counted at the moment. Now, florida is one of the states where case
Many Public Events at National Cemeteries and military parades are cancelled for safety reasons. Two states today with alarming Public Health news. The governor of arkansas announcing his state is already experiencing a second peek of coronavirus infections. Reporting more new cases today than the previous high. That was one month ago. And over in north carolina. Health officials reporting the single highest one day total of new cases yet. More than 1100 people confirmed with coronavirus in north carolina. Just today. Despite those very disturbing figures, many beaches are packed, theyve been packed with people now that every state has relaxed stay at home restrictions, at least to some degree. Many of those beach goers are practicing a social distancing. Others weve seen are not. Theres some serious concern from medical experts about tomorrow. With the potential for very large crowds of people attending sunday worship services. Thats after President Trump declared churches and other h