Us here in the United States and all around the world. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Im robyn curnow. Just ahead on the show its a war zone. Its a medical war zone. Every day when i come in what i see on a daily basis is pain. The icu is at capacity and the morgue is overflowing. Plus, it has been a devastating few weeks for the u. S. Economy and economists are warning this week will likely see millions more layoffs. Also, spain now has more coronavirus cases than china, but security concerns and lack of equipment have many doctors for work. Were live in madrid. So great to have you along with us this hour. We begin of course in the United States where more than 3,000 people have died due to the coronavirus. Monday was the deadliest day yet. We know at least 5074 people died and the rallying cry around the country is stay at home, a call that even came from the u. S. President , donald trump, who just recently was suggesting that people would be out and about by easter. Take a listen. B
In public. Its a big change with big implications, and well follow it. In the meantime, Rick Leventhal joins us. With that in a look at the latest numbers across new york in the country. Hey, rick. Hague, tucker. We just learned about those new cdc guidelines this afternoon where they urged americans to wear nonmedical cloth face coverings outdoors. The president added this. We know that the transmission from individuals without symptoms is playing a more significant role in the spread of the virus than previously understood. So you dont seem to have symptoms and it still gets transferred. In light of these studies the cdc is advising nonmedical cloth face coverings as an additional voluntary measure. New york remains the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic with 562 deaths in just 24 hours and authorities fear whats happening here could start happening across the country. With michigan, louisiana and get predicted hot spots based on death rates in proportion of residents testing posi
Were a long ways away from being out of the woods. Yeah. We have not got down to anywhere close to where we need to be to declare victory of this horrendous virus. This is going to be a bad week, unfortunately. If you look at the projection of the curves. Were going continue to see an escalation. The next week is going to be our pearl harbor moment. Its going to be our 9 11 moment. Its going to be the hardest moment for Many Americans and their entire lives. Good afternoon. Aim alicia menendez. Sobering warnings about whats ahead in the fight to contain the coronavirus. At this hour, doctors are dealing with 322,000 cases across the country. 9,000 people have died. Nearly 1500 in just the last day. New york is still the epicenter of the crisis where more than 4,000 people died statewide. Governor andrew cuomo pointed out today the number of deaths over the last 24 hours ticked down slightly. He says he hopes its an early sign of a state starting to turn the corner. Health care workers
But while that is good news the state sides highest single day death toll yesterday. Watch. The bad news isnt just bad, the bad news is actually terrible. Highest single day death toll yet, at 779 people. When you look at the numbers on the death toll it has been going steadily up. Dana earlier today the nations leading Infectious Disease doctor said the bending of the curve does not mean people should stop their social distancing. Is going to be a bad week for deaths but driving out and ahead of that is a fact that we will start to see the beginning of a turnaround so we need to keep pushing on the Mitigation Strategy because there is no doubt that that is having a positive impact on the dynamics of the outbreak. Dana in the meantime Vice President mike pence announcing last night that the cdc is planning to relax some guidelines allowing people who came in contact with somebody infected to return to work if they are not showing symptoms. And President Trump threatening to pull u. S.
Meanwhile, in northeastern florida, some beaches are set to reopen two hours from now. The mayor of jacksonville where the beaches opened at 5 00 east coast time and thank you for your time. Why did you make this call . When we went under a stayathome order, when we did our National Emergency declaration weeks ago, we did it early and we did it incrementally. First thing we did was we shut down concerts and large gathering spaces, then we moved to a work from home order, then we moved to a safe at home order in any number of things. So we did in a very measured way and we are going to do as we contemplate getting back to work in some sense of normalcy, we are going to do the same thing. A very measured way, very thoughtful stepbystep. This is a small step, significant limitations, the beaches are only open from 6 00 a. M. To 11 00 a. M. And 5 00 p. M. To 8 00 a. M. No sitting, no sunbathing, no congregating. You have to walk, you have to keep moving. Social distancing. Bill i guess in