We begin with the coronavirus pandemic playing out in some very different ways right now. Part of the world is moving toward opening the toward reopening and toward what could loosely be called getting back to normal. This is new yorks central park on saturday. The weekend sunshine and warm temperatures also drew people out of the onto the National Mall in washington. And right now more than 30 u. S. States are loosening restrictions. And so are many countries. In hardhit italy, for instance, construction and manufacturing businesses can open their doors on monday. As new cases continue to go down in italy, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says the countrys reopening plan could accelerate. Other nations, however, are saying not so fast. France is poised to extend its state of emergency and indias lockdown, which was set to expire on monday, will continue for two more weeks. Well, Johns Hopkins University Says there are more than 3. 4 million coronavirus cases worldwide. Roughly a third of
The u. S. Death toll rocket from zero to more than 66,000 americans. Despite that disturbingly High National death toll, half of the country is moving towards restarting businesses and services, the government of 32 states easing pandemic restrictions at least to some degree. Malls, restaurants are now open in texas with distancing rules in place. New jersey opened state parks and golf courses this weekend. This very surreal scene, take a look at this just a few minutes ago, sunset on the beach in hollywood, florida, on a beautiful springtime saturday night, desserted. Public beaches in miami dade, Palm Beach County, Broward County in south florida are not open this weekend. The lifeguards are still working, but instead of keeping an eye on swimmers, theyre patrolling the beaches to keep people away. In other places around the country where stayathome orders are still in effect, signs of quarantine fatigue. Protesters gathering at laguna beach, california after the governor in Californ