Interesting or not is that it is a reflection of the number of tests weve had. 36 testing positive is slightly higher but that is the number that goes up and down. We will talk about why that may not be the best indicator of what is going on. I think of real interest to me is i look at hospitalization, you see 79 people hospitalized. That is the number that is not that is going up not exponentially but going up on a linear basis, which i think is good news. 17 fatalities is never good news. But again, it is a number that is not going up exponentially. What that means is it gives us capacity to plan and this is following what our modeling has been. And i start with our Health Care System. Our Health Care System is bending but it is not breaking. And that is because we did build in capacity in terms of everything we are trying to do, and that capacity as i have described in terms of other briefings, in terms of the beds, in terms of people, in terms of icu, we are planning accordingly fo
Now, more on the coronavirus outbreak with the Connecticut Governor who discussed the late bearishness the preparedness in his state. 36 testing positive is slightly higher, but that is a number that goes up and down and we will talk about why that may not be the best indicator. Me, you seerest to the 79 people hospitalized. That is a number that is going up not exponentially but going up on a linear basis which is i think good news. 17 fatalities is never good news. It is a number that is not going up exponentially. Plan,ives us capacity to that is following our modeling. I start with our Health Care System. Our Health Care System is bending but not breaking. We did build up capacity in terms of everything we are trying to do. That capacity in terms of other briefings in terms of beds, people, and terms of icus, we are planning accordingly for what we have to do. This allows us to plan even more. Capacity is important in terms of the other functions we are performing in the state as w
Additional funding is provided by. Corporate funding is provided by. Governor ned lamont, welcome to firing line. Margaret, nice to see you. You are the governor of the state of connecticut, a state that, as you poied out this week, ishe fourthmost covidinfected state per capitac in tntry. You have more than 3,000 cases c id in your state, and that number is increasing rapidly each day. Now, you, along with all of your fellow governors, are workinaround the clock to protect the citizens of your state, a so, governor, i wonder, can you tell me, nere do you think you are in the curve rig . Running like hell and the virus is catching up every day what the federal government doesnt realize is they think about this in terms states and new york has all the fatalities, infections. They target all thpment and ppe there. And we keep trying to say, think about connecticut as ,art of that new york pandemic. And if you do th then youll see that we have the fourth highest infection rate ithe countr
Cspan. Org. Taking you live now to connecticut for a Coronavirus Briefing by governor ned lamont. Gov. Lamont where we are in the numbers, another 1200 people tested positive out of 3400 tests. I think what makes that interesting or not is that it is a reflection of the number of tests weve had. 36 testing positive is slightly higher but that is the number that goes up and down. We will talk about why that may not be the best indicator of what is going on. I think of real interest to me is i look at hospitalization, you see 79 people hospitalized. That is the number that is not going up ands up exponentially but going up on a linear basis which i think is good news. 17 fatalities is never good news. But again, it is a number that is not going up exponentially. What that means is it gives house capacity to plan and this is following what our modeling has been. And i start with our Health Care System, our Health Care System is bending but it is not breaking. And that is because we did bu
Additional funding is provided. Corporate funding is provided by. Governor ned lamont, welcome to firing line. Margaret, nice to see you. You are the governor the state of connecticu a state that, as you pointed ishe fourthmost covidinfected state per capita in the country of covid in your s 3,000 cases and that number is increasing rapidly each day. Now, you, along with all of your fellow governors, are workinaround the clock to protect the citizens of your state, and so, governor, i wonder, can you tell me, where doou think you are in the curve right now . Running like hell and the virus is catching up every day. What the federal government doesnt realize is they think about this in terms of states and new york has all the fatalities, infections. They targeall the equipment and ppe there. And we keep trying to say, think about connecticut as part of that new yorpandemic. And if you do that, then youll see that we havee urth highest infection rate in the country right behind new york