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Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with another day of disturbing new milestones in the Coronavirus Crisis while the country awaits approval of the vaccine. Yesterday, the u. S. Recorded more than 217,000 infections and more than 2,900 deaths and over 100,000 hospitalizations. President elect biden said on his first day in office, he plans to ask americans to wear a mask for 100 days to help slow the spread of the virus. Debra alfarone is in washington. There is only so much the president can do. Is he can ask and he has some dominion over places where he can make it mandatory. Absolutely. We are talking federal buildings and any transportation that crosses state lines. Planes, buses and trains. The post thanksgiving surge predicted by Public Health experts has arrived with the coronavirus spreading out of control in much of the u. S. More than ....
Once available, icu capacity falls below 15 . That is expected to happen within 48 hours for most of the state, and a short time later. Once it does, more businesses like salons, and personal services, will have to close for at least three weeks. Fresh will be restricted to take out and delivery only, and retail capacity will be reduced to 20 . The governor also slapped a statewide ban on nonessential travel. The bottom line is if we dont act now, our Hospital System will be overwhelmed. There is light at the end of the tunnel. We are a few months away from truly seeing Real Progress with the vaccine, real distribution, real accessibility, real availability. We do not anticipate having to do this once again but we really all need to step up. The governor announced the states first vaccine orders are going into tomorrow and the first doses could be here by december 12. A live ....
This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin with breaking news tonight. America is now in covid hell. In just 24 hours, the u. S. Has broken every record set since the pandemic began 10 months ago with more new infections, hospitalizations, and deaths in a single day than ever. So Many Americans are now being killed by the virus, four people have died just since this broadcast began. Thats a rate of one life lost every 30 seconds. As we come on the air tonight, more than 100,000 people are now in the hospital with coronavirus, pushing the countrys Healthcare System to the brink. Californias governor says i. C. U. Beds are filling up so fast there, he may soon have to shut down much of his state, orderin ....