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And holy saturday. Easter is tomorrow. Big day. Lets go through where we are right now. The good news is the curve of the increase is continuing to flatten. The number of hospitalizations appears to have hit an apex and the apex appears to be a plateau. Which is what many of the models predicted. It was going to be straight up to the top number and then you plateau and that looks like what we are doing. The hospitalization rate is down. Thats important more people getting infected still. More people going to the hospitals, but we have a lower number. Fewer people are going to the hospitals still net positive. The 300 average, which is what we look at because daytoday can be deceiving, especially towards the weekend because we can reporting gets a little different. All the numbers are on the downward slope. Still, people getting infected, people going to the hospital but a lower rate of increase. The number of icu admissions is down. The three day average is down. This is a little decep
Ruiz. Nationwide the country has reported more than 100 deaths in a single day, and pushing the total infected 42,000. Lawmakers in washington are at a stalemate over a third economic aid package, this one with a price tag of 2 trillion or more. This is your opportunity to tell decisionmakers how this is impacting your community. Small business owners, 202 7488000. Medical professionals, 202 7488001. Ll others, 202 7488002 send us a text with your first name and city and state at 202 7488003. Twitter orents on facebook. Com cspan. Joining us on the phone is mike lewis for the hill to talk about what is happening in the senate. Lets begin with the negotiations in the Upper Chamber yesterday. Where did they leave things . Guest good morning. It was a long day yesterday. They left with no deal around midnight. They are very close. We dont know quite what that means because they have been saying that for the better part of the last four days. It is a wait and see moment. The treasury secre
Appears to have hit and even had apex and the apex appears to be a plateau which is what many models predict it. That it would not be straight up or straight down. It was going to be straight up to the top number and then you plateau and that looks like what we are doing. The hospitalization rate is down. That some port. We have more people getting infected still. More people going to the hospitals, but we have a lower number. Fewer people are going to the hospitals still net positive. The threeday average, which is what we look at because daytoday can be deceiving, especially towards the weekend because we can reporting gets a little different. But all the numbers are on the downward slope. Infected. Ple getting people are still going to the hospital but a lower rate of increase. The number of icu admissions is down. The three day average is down. This is a little deceptive because at one time hospitals had discrete icu wards or icu beds. Effectively now in a hospital, all of the beds
Unfiltered at cspan. Org coronavirus. Ke lewis for the hill to talk about what is happening in the senate. Lets begin with the negotiations in the Upper Chamber yesterday. Where did they leave things . Guest good morning. It was a long day yesterday. They left with no deal around midnight. They are very close. We dont know quite what that means because they have been saying that for the better part of the last four days. It is a wait and see moment. The treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and the minority Leader Meeting forr were 15 hours yesterday. They started at 9 00 a. M. And ended just after midnight. They are expected to be done today. They did call president towards the end of those negotiations. Schumer said the president was happy with the way things were going. The parts are all interconnected. Nothing is done until everything is done but it seems like they are poised to announce something today. If everyone is on board, they can pass it over to the house weekly. Host what are