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the april jobs report is out this morning. united states lost a record 20.5 mill jun jobs last month. the unemployment rate has spiked to 14.7%. that s up from just 4.4% in march. it s the highest level of unemployment in the united states of america since the great depression. right now more than 1.25 million cases of coronavirus so far, more than 76,000 americans have died. just this morning, president trump says he ll be getting tested in the future for coronavirus antibodies. we have our doctor on duty, dr. cory ayber is with us. we want to start with our team of reporters covering the devastating impact of the jobs numbers. let s go right now to nbc s senior business correspondent stephanie ruhle. steph, what are you hearing from small business owners? reporter: well, obviously 20 million people in a month is a massive number, but remember, those people are receiving unemployment benefits, so they do have some sense of financial security. but what i really want p ....
now to discuss presumably, of course, his daily coronavirus briefing but also the unemployment in new york state. that s okay. there s always next year. albert einstein, i do not like to state an opinion on a matter unless i know the precise facts. good advice. wouldn t it be nice if all of those talking heads on tv took that advice? no opinion unless you know the fact. let s talk about some facts. total hospitalizations, down to 8,196. good news. change in hospitalizations, you see has been going down. change in intubations is also down, and that s really good flus. t news. the percentage of people once intubated that actually successfully come off a ventilator is very low. so that is very good news. and the number of new covid hospitalizations per day is just about flat, has been flat for a few days. these are the number of new cases that are coming in the door every day, or people who were in the hospital who then test positive for covid. and these charts, i look a ....
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