Governor baker good afternoon. Today we are going to talk about our longterm plans for covid19 testing here in massachusetts and new announcements to make testing more accessible for people and talk about significant shipments of personal protective equipment that arrived in massachusetts. First, we will provide our daily update on hospitalizations. As of yesterday, we conducted over 410,000 tests with over 8,500 new tests reported yesterday. 1,865 tests were reported and for all tests that came back yesterday and that is within the range we have been seeing over the past few days. The range we have been seeing over the past few days. As we said before, that positive rate has come down significantly from where we were a month ago where it was hovering in the 20s and 30s. 26 newer hospitalizations for covid19 yesterday but over 3,000 residents in hospitals due to covid19 that need serious medical care. Our hospitals have been able to withstand the this. Massachusetts still remains one o
Pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome which is tied to the virus. [background sounds] so good afternoon. Today were going to talk a little bit about our longterm plans for covid19 testing here in massachusetts and some new announcements to make testing more accessible for people and we will also talk about some significant shipments of personal protective equipment int of recently arrived massachusetts, thanks to some very hard work by members of our team and many others. At first we will provide our daily update on testing cases, hospitalizations. As of yesterday we have conducted over 410,000 tests with over 8500 new tests reporteded yesterday. There were 1165 1165 new posite tests reported which represents a 14 positive test rate from all test they came back yesterday and that is within the range we have been seeing over the past few days. As we said before that policy rate has come down significantly from where we were a month ago where the the percent was hovering in the 20s
Governor baker good afternoon. Today we are going to talk about our longterm plans for covid19 testing here in massachusetts and new announcements to make testing more accessible for people and talk about significant shipments of personal protective aquifment that arrived in massachusetts. First, we will provide our daily update on hospitalizations. As of yesterday, we conducted er 410,000 tests with over 8,500 new tests reported yesterday. And tests were reported for all tests that came back yesterday and that is within the range we have been seeing over the past few days. As we said before, that positive rate has come down significantly from where we were a month ago where it was hovering in the 20s and 30s. 26 newer hospitalizations for covid19 yesterday but over 3,000 residents in hospitals due to covid19 that need serious medical care. Our hospitals have been able to withstand the this. Massachusetts still remains one of the hardesthit states and many data points have been declini
Fugitives into the hole with all the sports which all over the world continues to be called off all played behind closed doors including this football match at brazils american or stadium once famous for holding muti 200000 fans in the World Cup Final. Welcome to the news our governments around the world have stepped up restrictions on the movements of their citizens to reduce the spread of the coronavirus the number of deaths recorded in italy has risen 25 percent in the past day to just over 800 overall its only has the highest number of cases outside of china that almost 25000 spade became the 2nd european country to impose a nationwide lockdown its confirmed 2000 new cases and the number of reported deaths as doubles and then in the middle east. Iran has announced 113 people died in the past 24 hours the number of confirmed cases is nearing 14000 in the United States increased screening measures for people returning from europe of course chaos at airports the u. S. Has imposed a ba
Bars and restaurants close . V. P. Pence thank you, mr. President , and good afternoon. Than 2900 cases of coronavirus in 49 states around the country, i want to assure the American People that this administration, all of our partners at the state level and local Health Officials have no higher priority than the health and safety of the American Public. Cap the president s direction we will continue not only a whole of government approach, but as we discussed today, we will continue to build on a whole of america approach to confront the coronavirus across the country. The Health Experts continue to groom firm confirm, based on the latest information, for the American People as a whole the risk of serious illness remains low. But because the risk is heavily weighted to the most vulnerable, to people with immunodeficiencys and to i and peopleencies with serious Underlying Health conditions, our administrations, state administrations will continue to focus on the most vulnerable and we w