and some of them might have to go to hospital and unfortunately, some of them might go on to die. and scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, is expected to confirm changes this afternoon to restrictions on outdoor gatherings. also this afternoon. the suspect in the death of harry dunn would be willing to do community service and make a contribution in his memory, her lawyer says. we re expecting this year s bafta nominations this hour amid efforts to make the line up more diverse after last year s baftas so white controversy. i ll be speaking to the chair of bafta about this years nominees. after a journey through space of 4.6 billion years the meteorite that fell to earth near cheltenham. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. senior royals have been holding crisis talks after harry and meghan s bombshell television appearance. buckingham palace has yet to comment on the interview, which was broadcast last night on itv and watched by more than 11 million people.
Fatalities. reporter: dr. angela chen of mount sinai hospital diagnosed the first confirmed covid case in new york even before the world health organization declared the outbreak a global pandemic when you first made that diagnosis, did you have any idea what this pandemic would become i don t think any of us did. reporter: we spoke with her today in central park at the former site of a makeshift field hospital. it s really been something that i think has fundamentally changed who i am and how i think about medicine, how i think about my patients. reporter: so many families tonight, including lisa wilson and her husband, are reflecting on the lives lost and lessons learned. all of my family members that are deceased from covid, they were not vaccinated. so vaccines save lives. reporter: even seven figures can t measure the grief. we love you reporter: gabe gutierrez, nbc news, new york. and i ll share some thoughts and perspective on
Like having masks where they work,en ceasing vaccination rates. if you compare our death rate to mississippi we ve saved 17,000 lives and we want to continue that course. what we have done is basically set a goal of what level of hospitalization could our hospitals accommodate and still not be overrun and when do we project we ll get those infection rates and hospitalizations down to that level? basically it is about march 21st. we made a decision based on the health and the science rather than just, you know, political winds or ideology. that type of decision i think has saved thousands of lives in our state. i feel really good about it that we are in this position to make the next step forward. i am very excited about this progress. we ve spent a lot of time together over the last couple years, the run for president and then because of this the first confirmed covid case in the united states was in your state.
Not knowing if she s really going to come home anymore or not. it is heartbreaking. reporter: morris says she now wishes her daughter got vaccinated kathy joins us now from new york city kathy, any talk of a renewed mask mandate there? reporter: well, peter, the mayor is saying no, at least for now, but they will be monitoring the data pretty closely to see if any adjustments will be needed hospitalizations are pretty low in the city right now. the delta variant is now the dominant strain peter? kathy park in new york city tonight. kathy, thank you there are new fears tonight in tokyo one week before the summer games are set to start today officials announced the first confirmed covid case inside the athletes olympic village. molly hunter has those details. reporter: tonight in the olympic athletes village the first positive covid case, and now the ioc working to reassure participants and the japanese people. what will make these games historic on top of this is the