That is a huge increase. This morning, Health Care Workers across the country are again facing shortages in masks, gowns, and gloves. And despite all of this, President Trump is threatening to withhold money from schools if they dont reopen and demanding that the cdc rewrite its sciencebased guidelines for reopening schools, because those guidelines are too tough. Joining us now, cnn chief medical correspondent, dr. Sanjay gupta. Its terrific to see you. Youve actually had a few days off, which is helpful for the soul, but i think it makes it hard to come back and see whats happened over the last few days. To come in today and see the number of new cases that are occurring every day. To see a record in daily deaths in california, at or near a record in texas, and the direction this is going in. Its alarming. Yeah, i thought maybe it had just been a bad dream, john. I would come back, wake up, and it would all be the way it should have been. The numbers heading in the right direction, b
Dead. And dr. Anthony fauci tonight telling it like it is. As a country, when you compare us to other countries, i dont think you can say were doing great. I mean, were just not. Were just not. It is a far cry from what we are hearing from the president of the United States. Done a great job whether its ventilators or anything you want to look at, testing. We test so many people. Then we have more cases. More on the testing point in just a moment because its factually inaccurate, the point hes making. The truth is no matter how great trump says the United States is doing, the numbers dont lie. Take a look at this. Well show you the numbers. In four weeks in the United States of america we have gone from 2 million to 3 million coronavirus cases. We are in the highest seven day average of cases since the beginning of the pandemic. The crucial way to look at this is the rate of positive infections. That has also gone up. For every group of people you test, what percent of people are posit
Morning coronavirus cases are hovering around record highs. We have had record numbers of deaths or near records in california and in texas. Overnight, dr. Anthony fauci says the states seeing the biggest spikes should seriously consider shutting down. Now, thats not what the president wants to hear and it seems like he might be trying to prevent it from being said. Dr. Fauci was sidelined for a Task Force Briefing and the president is opening clashing with the help of millions of children, teachers and families on the line. He is threatening to withhold money from schools if they dont reopen. He has demanded that the cdc rewrite the sciencebased guidelines for reopening the schools because the president thinks theyre too tough. There are more than 3 million confirmed cases of coronavirus nationwide. 33 states are seeing spikes in cases. Only three states this morning are declining. Those that you see in the green on your screen. Some are reporting alarming Positivity Rates. Arizona is
Manager, more on that coming up. This morning, we are seeing signs too that beans and a smile are not enough for mayors and governors around the country including republicans. Listen to what Maryland Governor larry hogan, a republican, writes this morning. He says, ive watched as the president downplayed the outbreak severity and as the white house failed to issue public warnings, draw up a 50state strategy or dispatch medical gear or lifesaving ventilators from the National Stockpile to american hospitals. Eventually, it was clear that waiting around for the president to run the nations response was hopeless. If we delayed any longer, wed be condemning more of our citizens to suffering and death and this morning we have heard from federal experts on this show who say its time to just move beyond the federal government. Lets talk about that, john. Joining us now is cnn chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta. Things are not getting better, but getting worse. We talked to beth came
President s page because it was spreading dangerous misinformation about coronavirus. Joining us now, dr. Anthony fauci, director of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. Dr. Fauci, thanks so much for getting up this morning and being with us. Its always a pleasure to speak with you. Great to have you back on new day. We reported this new warning from dr. Deborah birx, about nine cities and the Central Valley of california. What do you see there that is raising concern . Yes, what dr. Birx was talking about is that when you look at the number of percentage of the tests that you do are positive, its referred to as percent positive, its a clear indication that you are getting an uptick in cases, which inevitably, as weve seen in the other than states, leads to surges and then you get hospitalizations and then you get deaths. So its a pretty good predictor, usually before people become aware of it, its that indicator that maybe a fraction or two or a single percentage