Governor baker good afternoon. Today we are going to talk about our longterm plans for covid19 testing here in massachusetts and new announcements to make testing more accessible for people and talk about significant shipments of personal protective equipment that arrived in massachusetts. First, we will provide our daily update on hospitalizations. As of yesterday, we conducted over 410,000 tests with over 8,500 new tests reported yesterday. 1,865 tests were reported and for all tests that came back yesterday and that is within the range we have been seeing over the past few days. The range we have been seeing over the past few days. As we said before, that positive rate has come down significantly from where we were a month ago where it was hovering in the 20s and 30s. 26 newer hospitalizations for covid19 yesterday but over 3,000 residents in hospitals due to covid19 that need serious medical care. Our hospitals have been able to withstand the this. Massachusetts still remains one o
Pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome which is tied to the virus. [background sounds] so good afternoon. Today were going to talk a little bit about our longterm plans for covid19 testing here in massachusetts and some new announcements to make testing more accessible for people and we will also talk about some significant shipments of personal protective equipment int of recently arrived massachusetts, thanks to some very hard work by members of our team and many others. At first we will provide our daily update on testing cases, hospitalizations. As of yesterday we have conducted over 410,000 tests with over 8500 new tests reporteded yesterday. There were 1165 1165 new posite tests reported which represents a 14 positive test rate from all test they came back yesterday and that is within the range we have been seeing over the past few days. As we said before that policy rate has come down significantly from where we were a month ago where the the percent was hovering in the 20s
Been, it is just the beginning. Brennan despite the dire warnings from medical experts, the do what i say, not what i do, mindset at the white house continues, as two staffers with close proximity to the president and Vice President test positive for the virus. And three top Coronavirus Task force members quarantined. The c. D. C. Recommends that americans wear masks, but that is not enforced at the white house. President trump this is going to go away without a vaccine. And were not going tsee it again, hopefully, after a period of time. Brennan that type of Wishful Thinking drew a rare review from the president s predecessor. Former president obama called the response anemic and spotty. It has been an absolute chaotic disaster, when for mend t with any whe at mindsets operationalized in our government. Brennan well talk with Economic Advisor kevin hassett, as well as former google c. E. O. Eric schmidt. He is now leading a project to reimagine parts of the economy. Dr. Christopher mu
Data pushes the number of u. K. Deaths past 24000. Lebanon braced for more protests after the Economic Impact of the growing of ours fuels anger against the government. And New Zealanders queue for burgers and coffee as infections wane and their knocked down is slowly east. While President Trump continues to focus on the u. S. Economy the toll the coronavirus is taking on americans worsens more than a 1000000 people and are confirmed to have been affected there more than any other country where the total has doubled in a little over 2 weeks with more than 57000 people dying well this is news to districts in the u. K. Show the number of deaths to the middle of april were 50 percent higher than 1st thought once those who died outside hospital were included it pushes the total above 24000. 00. But germanys been held up as a model of how to control the disease as it tries to return to normal life its reported a slight increase in the infection rate and france has set out how it will begin
Governor baker good afternoon. Today we are going to talk about our longterm plans for covid19 testing here in massachusetts and new announcements to make testing more accessible for people and talk about significant shipments of personal protective aquifment that arrived in massachusetts. First, we will provide our daily update on hospitalizations. As of yesterday, we conducted er 410,000 tests with over 8,500 new tests reported yesterday. And tests were reported for all tests that came back yesterday and that is within the range we have been seeing over the past few days. As we said before, that positive rate has come down significantly from where we were a month ago where it was hovering in the 20s and 30s. 26 newer hospitalizations for covid19 yesterday but over 3,000 residents in hospitals due to covid19 that need serious medical care. Our hospitals have been able to withstand the this. Massachusetts still remains one of the hardesthit states and many data points have been declini