World Health Organization suggests an adequate test positive rate should be somewhere between 3. 12 . But right now in the u. S. , its about 20 . This comes as the death toll has skyrocketed in the u. S. Last week was the deadliest sent on to say the death toll was just over 25,000 but its sort of 4300 deaths from wednesday to thursday. And over 4500 people died on friday alone. Last night we closed in on 39,000 deaths and thats more than the number of people who died in the korean war. For weeks now federal and state officials have been talking about testing shortfalls and why patients who have symptoms cant get tested. Well now we have new insight into how testing got off to such a slow start here in the u. S. Karen caifa has more. President trump says a few states are ready to ope businesses within the next week we continue to see a number of positive signs. The virus has passed its peak. The president pointing to vermont and montana and texas where the governor says a phased reopen
Generally 3438 degrees, which is cool enough for a few pockets of frost to develop. A hard freeze did not occur last night in any major metro area. Today, plan on lots of sunshine and highs rebounding back to the upper 50s. The wind will be very light out of the south. Friday will be warmer in the 60s, with 70s likely for the weekend. There remains a chance of storms late on saturday into saturday night. Have a great day today sunny, high around 58. Tonight clear, low around 40. Tomorrow sunny, high around 67. Tomorrow night mostly cloudy, low around 54. 5 00 pm 8 00 pm room with a a taste of urban living in two great cedar rapids neighborhood s meet at the artisans sanctuary to get your souvenir glass and tour map. Crmainstreet. Org http 5 00 pm 9 00 pm flood the district at newbo city market yard rise up newbo and flood the streets of the new bohemia district to celebrate the postflood Recovery Free admission, live music, drawings and more dr. Zs experiment, drew t hurn, and funkdadd
Meteorologist kaj omara joins us from newbo area in cedar rapids. Kaj, itll be sunny but still pretty cool out today . Temperatures are the main story with areas along and north of highway 20 generally getting down to around 32 degrees. Elsewhere, readings are is cool enough for a few pockets of frost to develop. A hard freeze did not occur last night in any major metro area. Today, plan on lots of sunshine and highs rebounding back to the upper 50s. The wind will be very light out of the south. Friday will be warmer in the 60s, with 70s likely for the weekend. There remains a chance of storms late on saturday into saturday night. Have a great day today sunny, high around 58. Tonight clear, low around 40. Tomorrow sunny, high around 67. Tomorrow night thank you kaj. This morning, lawyers for donald trump are calling on them inappropriate ly. As reid binion reports, the two women two women say trump made inappropriate physical advances on them, even though they had never met before dona
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Still seeing 30s out there this morning. But a good 5 to 10 degrees above where we started yesterday morning south winds, while light, are helping. And they will pick up today. It will be pretty breezy this afternoon with gusts higher than 20 mph. Clear skies this morning will end up partly sunny for the afternoon as clouds track in ahead of the next cold front. Highs today will be in the 60s. And we will warm up even more for the weekend. But there is rain in the forecast. Ill have that for you in a few minutes. Breaking overnight. One person is dead after a car hits a tree. Waterloo police say a car caught fire after going off the road and into someones yard. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. You can tell us the latest on what happened. Ive been checking in with police this morning. They say shortly after midnight. A driver drove off the road and into the yard behind me. This is on the 500th block of newell street. The car ended up hitting a tree in the yard. And then c