Shut off at the moment. Millions of americans are filing for unemployment. Their stories and the Federal Reserves plan to help. So there has been another surge in reported deaths in the u. S. The United States is now the worlds epicenter for the coronavirus. More than 60,000 people have died according to Johns Hopkins university. Theres also signs of hope as the nations top Infectious Disease doctor explains. At the same time as were seeing the increase in deaths, were seeing rather dramatic increase in the need for hospitalizations. Like i think yesterday was Something Like 200 new hospitalizations and its been as high as 14 o00 at any given time. I say that and i always remind myself when i say that, that means that what we are doing is working and, therefore, we need to continue to do it. So theres also more hope for those hurting financially. The Federal Reserve is pledging to put trillions more into the u. S. Economy. Nick watt is tracking it all for us from the increase in deaths
5 a. M. Here on the east coast, and we are following two major stories. It is the beginning of another grim week as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Globally we know there are 2 Million People that have been diagnosed with coronavirus as you can see from the map. More than half a million cases are in the u. S. That means the u. S. Infection rate has now surpassed every other country in the world. As millions of americans cope with the sick or stay home orders, Severe Weather including a barrage of tornadoes have slammed 20 states. Its a double whammy. They are struggling without shelter, a home or at the very least a sleepless night. The sun will rise pretty soon and the new day will give us a bit of information on the damage from the storms. It was pretty rough. Its not over yet. From texas to georgia, which is where we are at cnn, more than half a Million People have lost electricity from the storms. The National Weather service says more than 30 tornadoes were reported in the pas