Covid19 cases wednesday. That is a new singleday record in this country. By nbcs tally wednesday marked a daily record for covid19 deaths in our country. Current hospitalizations topped 100,000 for the very first time. States, they are doing what they can to contain this virus. Los angeles mayor Eric Garcetti asking people to stay home as he warns the city is close to a devastating Tipping Point for california. Part of the strategy for managing this pandemic boils down to testing. Were getting an inside look at a first of its kind Rapid Testing site at Los Angeles International airport. Its one of the first airports in the nation to do this and results come back in just one to three hours. Megan fitzgerald is at l. A. X. For us this morning with that inside look. Megan, tell us more about the Rapid Testing push. Its a critical attempt to curb this explosion especially now that Los Angeles Mayor is asking folks to hunker down. Reporter ayman, thats it. The mayor issuing another order us
More than the entire population than the state of pennsylvania. And it is enough to fillian key stadium 258 times over. The virus is also spreading exponentially. More than 200,000 americans are testing positive for the virus every day. That is double what it was just a month ago. Hospitalizations topped 100,000 yesterday from lancaster pennsylvania to los angeles. They are rapidly running out of icu beds. Some cities like l. A. Say they have no choice but to shut down all over again. Despite a hope that deaths would remain flat, more than 277,000 have died. New york turned frozen trucks into makeshift mornings, more than the surge when hospitals were overwhelmed with new cases of the virus. If they stayed flat and do not get worse like the Public Health experts worn they probably will, nearly 2. 5 million more will contract the virus by december 15th. That is just two weeks away when they expect to contribute the first doses of a vaccine to new york. We will say it again, we dont have
Astounding rate. More than 2,700 deaths reported yesterday alone. Put another way, another american died of covid in just about the amount of time it took me to tell you this story. Cdc director Robert Redfield said we could see as many as 500,000 american deaths by the end of next month. December and january and february are going to be rough times. I actually believe theyre going to be the most difficult in the Public Health history of this nation. Largely because of the stress thats going to put on our Health Care System. Unbelievable stress. But now the good news, as we know. Thats the vaccines are on the way. But the rate of death is expected to keep rising, even as the first wave of americans get the vaccine. That will take months. And a lot can happen in a few months. Take a look at these maps that nbc got from state reports handed out by the White House Covid Task force. You can see how the red zones spread expotentially throughout the fall. And this is where we are now dark re
In our community tomorrow, there would be very few people who would line up to get that vaccine. People want to know do i sign up someplace . Is this going to cost folks anything . I cant wait until we can get back to the way it used to be. Are we ever going to get to that place . We want children to be able to go to school. We want to be able to keep businesses open. We will get there. I think thats the promise of 2021. A special edition of dateline. Good evening. Im lester holt. It is the moment the world has been holding its breathe for literally, vaccines for covid19. But getting them into the arms of millions of americans may be as difficult as it was to create them. There are challenges with distribution, demand and fear. Are the vaccines safe and effective as scientists say, and when will you be able to get one . These haunting scenes will stay with us forever, the before and the heartbreaking after of covid19. The pandemic has claimed more than 270,000 american lives, a Stagger
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