It's been exactly one month since the U.S. reported it's first death from COVID-19. Today, over 130,000 people are infected and the virus has killed over 2200 Americans.
one month after its first Coben 19 death America has become the world's epicenter of the pandemic Now in another attempt to contain hot spots the CDC has issued a 14 day travel advisory for people in New York New Jersey and Connecticut the states with more than half the infections and nearly half the deaths This is not a lock down It is a travel advisory It's nothing that we haven't been doing right Non essential people should stay at home The restrictions do not apply to essential industries like trucking new rules As health experts warned this pandemic will only get worse Looking at what was seeing now you know I would say between 102 100,000 cases but I don't want to be held to that because it's it's Excuse me deaths I mean we're gonna have millions of cases The U S death toll doubled from Thursday to Saturday as cases of the virus skyrocket in big cities like New Orleans Milwaukee in Chicago In Detroit hospitals are already at capacity We're gonna be in dire straits again in a matter of days and so we're keeping up the pressure and working 24 7 with millions of businesses shut down Over 3.3 million new unemployment claims were filed last week but some experts say the virus could leave 20% of the country unemployed The White House unsure It's hard to predict these numbers because we've never had anything like this where we've shut down the U S Economy for medical reasons Americans facing uncertainty on both economic and medical fronts as they try to survive this pandemic Jennifer Johnson NBC News Washington
