This virus. This is just among those who were able to get tested. More than 12,000 lives have now been lost. New york city remains the epicenter of this crisis. It has received a shipment of 600,000 muchneeded masks, but there are still shortages of a lot of important equipment like gowns, like ventilators. The state saw its largest increase in deaths so far today, more than 731 souls lost, but experts are cautiously, cautiously optimistic that the state may be close to the apex of this. We talk about the apex and is the apex a plateau . And right now, were projecting that we are reaching a plateau in the total number of hospitalizations, and you can see the growth and you can see its starting to flatten. Again, this is a projection. It still depends on what we do. And what we do will affect those numbers. This is not an act of god. Much of the rest of the country is doing its best not to wind up like new york. But for many, it could be too late. Health officials are now worried that t
But the states governor says there are signs that social distancing is working. The cdc is urging americans to keep it up or risk losing any progress that we are making right now. Also today, another report of an Early Warning within the Trump Administration, another one, and this one coming long before this crisis even hit the United States. This one from u. S. Intelligence, jim, back in november. Yeah, it is remarkable. How do americans view washingtons response . New cnn poll shows that majority of americans, 55 , now say the federal government has done a poor job of preventing the spread of coronavirus in the United States. Lets begin with those new projection numbers. We should call them that, theyre modeled, projections, numbers, this morning, senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen joins us live. Help put us into context, folks at home, they hear different numbers every couple of days and models are just that, models, they dont predict the future, they make it educated gues
The side effects, he said, are from the antibiotic, the zithromax zpak. He repeated, i really think its a great thing to try. Today the president went after the World Health Organization, and to be clear, this is a fox news hobby horse, even though on february 10th he said they were doing a fantastic job. The thought here is to blame the w. H. O. For downplaying the risk from china. It also lets the president continue to say largely unchallenged that he closed our borders to china even though about 400,000 people continued to fly here and that he closed our borders to europe, which was never true. Back here in the real world, new york city reached peak hellscape today, averaging one death every two minutes. Over 800 new deaths, over 5,800 new cases just today. Nationwide, the death toll is pushing 13,000. There are some encouraging signs. China has ended its lockdown of wuhan, the city where the virus that has shaken the planet was first discovered. For the people there, it means dayli
We hear from doctors on the front lines. And President Trump and dr. Anthony fauci weighing in, too. Tonight, michigan sounding the alarm. Running out of personal protective equipment. Parts of louisiana with the highest death rate in the u. S. Tonight, the father of four on a ventilator in indianapolis, among the many in this country fighting for their lives. The American Workers who are still working at great risk. The 27yearold Grocery Store employee who went to work, who has now died. The toll on doctors, nurses, Health Care Workers now getting sick. In michigan, more than 1,500 showing symptoms. And the acting secretary of the navy who called the captain stupid, out of a job. Martha raddatz with news on the captain, who reportedly has the virus, his condition. And new reporting on british Prime Minister Boris Johnson, after he was moved into intensive care. Hes now on oxygen. And dr. Jen ashton answering your questions. Why are some americans getting hit so much harder than others
Odonnell navy shakeup. The acting Navy Secretary resigns after blasting the captain who warned, sailors do not need to die from coronavirus. Voting in a pandemic. Wisconsin voters in masks and gloves waited for hours to cast their ballots today. What this could mean for the general election. Bridge to a vaccine . Could antibody drugs buy us time while we wait for a longterm solution . And, a truly uplifting story. Youll have to see it to believe it. The outbreak couldnt stop best friends from celebrating a birthday. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening. Thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news tonight, and it is dire. The u. S. Has again set a record for deaths in the u. S. In a single day of this pandemic, more than 1,700 americans have succumbed to coronavirus since we came on the air just last night. The death toll nationwide has more than tripled in seven days to more than 12,000, and con