IN
IN A
IN A FEW
IN A FEW MINUTES. >>> A GRIM MILESTONE FOR THE UNITED STATES.
WE HAVE SEEN MORE THAN 3000
DEATHS.
IN TOTAL 164,000 CASES.
NEW YORK CITY HAS BECOME THE
EPICENTER WITH NEARLY 60,000
CASES.
THE HOSPITAL THERE COMPLETELY
OVERWHELMED.
ICONIC CENTRAL PARK IS NOW A
+@
OVERWHELMED. ICONIC CENTRAL PARK IS NOW A FIELD HOSPITAL.
SAMARITANS PURSE LP TO SET UP
DOZENS OF MEDICAL SHIPS.
AND THE U.S. NAVY SHIP COMFORT
REVIVING THINGS IN NEW YORK.
AND HERE IN THE CAROLINAS THERE
ARE NOW 920 CASES IN SOUTH
CAROLINA, MORE THAN 1300 IN
+@
NORTH CAROLINA.
AND NEW DATA PROJECTOR WHEN THE
+@
NORTH CAROLINA. AND NEW DATA PROJECTOR WHEN THE OUTBREAK COULD REACH ITS PEAK.
THIS IS PERHAPS THE +@MOST
HELPFUL GRAPH I HAVE SEEN.
EXPERTS THE NORTH CAROLINA WILL
MAX OUT RESOURCES ON APRIL 23.
THAT IS WHEN THE CURVE IS
EXPECTED TO START ITS DOWNTURN.
EXPERTS THINK WE WILL +@NEED
ABOUT 8000 BEDS, ABOUT 1000
VENTILATORS AT THE PEAK OF THE
OUTBREAK HERE IN OUR STATE.
KEEP THAT IN MIND, APRIL 23
COULD BE THE TURNING POINT.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE KICKS OFF
WITH RICHARD DEVANE, NEW
NUMBERS FOR MECKLENBURG COUNTY
SHOWS NOBODY CAN ESCAPE THIS.
>>
>> Reporter: YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. JUST LAST NIGHT I FOUND OUT A
CLASSMATE OF MINE HAD DIED AT
THE COVID 19 VIRUS.
IT IS AFFECTING EVERYONE HERE
IN OUR AREA, EVERY SINGLE
DEMOGRAPHIC, EVERY SINGLE ZIP
CO+@DE.
HOSPITAL BEDS IS ANOTHER THING,
IT IS GOING TO BE VERY
IMPORTANT WE HAVE ENOUGH WHEN
THOSE CRITICAL PATIENTS ARE IN @
NEED.
+@
THOSE CRITICAL PATIENTS ARE IN @ NEED. TAKE A LOOK AT THE 13 ZIP CO+@D
IN DARK BLUE, THEY HAVE MORE
THAN 10 CASES.
+@
53-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL ROMERO
LIVES IN CHARLOTTE AND HAS
NEVER RECOVERED.
HE IS ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO
TESTED POSITIVE, B+@UT SAYS HE
SKEPTICAL.
>> HOW CAN WE TAKE ANY FIGURES
THAT EVERYONE IS PUTTING OUT
THERE IF THEY TOOK THEM NINE
DAYS TO +@GET BACK TO ME?
>> OFFICIAL SAY 79% OF POSITIVE
PATIENTS ARE BETWEEN 20 AND 59
YEARS OLD.
ABOUT 41% ARE BETWEEN 20-39.
NEARLY ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR
ARE IN THE HIGH-RISK GROUP OF
THOSE 60 AND OLDER.
THE DATA ALSO SHOWS CASES SPLIT
BETWEEN CASES, BUT BLACK MAKES @
UP A THIS PORTION IT AMOUNT OF
CASES IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE MORE THAN
15,000 BEDS AND HOSPITALS
AROUND THE STATE WITH ABOUT
6000 EMPTY.
ROMERO WAS NEVER HOSPITALIZED,
THAT HEALTH OFFICIAL SAY 1-5
PATIENTS ARE AND THE NUMBERS GO
UP TO 50% FOR THOSE 60 OR
OLDER.
>> IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE VERY
LUCKY ONES IN THAT MY BODY
FOUGHT IT OFF.
FOUR VERY FORTUNATE INDEED.
WE ARE NOW ALL IN A WAITING
PROCESS, WAITING TO SEE WHAT WE
HIT THAT DATE JUST HOW BAD IT
IS.
AT THE SAME TIME, TRYING TO
PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME.
>>>
>>> TURNING TO SOME OTHER BIG DEVELOPMENTS, GOVERNOR McMASTER CRACKING DOWN ON SOCIAL
DISTANCING VIOLATIONS. +@
PUBLIC ACCESS POINTS FOR LAKES
AND WATERWAYS ARE NOW CLOSE.+@
ALL PUBLIC BOATS AND DOCKS
CLOSE OFF AS WELL.
THE ORDER DOES NOT IMPACT THE
FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY LIVE ON OR
ALONG THOSE WATERWAYS.
>>> THE US SEEING ITS FIRST
SERVICE MEMBER DEATH.
+@
THE PENTAGON SAYS THIS NEW
JERSEY NATIONAL GUARD CAPTAIN
WAS HOSPITALIZED ON MARCH 21.
26 SERVICEMEMBERS HAVE BEEN
HOSPITALIZED WITH THE VIRUS.
>>> THE BOTANICAL GARDEN IN
BELMONT CLOSING INDEFINITELY.
ONLY NINE OF THE 52 STAFF
MEMBERS STILL HAVE+@ JOBS.
THE PARKS DIRECTOR SAYS THE
PARK HAS EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL
DIFFICULTIES BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC.
THE GUARD GENERALLY ATTRACTS
MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE EACH
YEAR AND HOSTS MORE THAN 100
WEDDINGS.
>>> THE TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES +@
HAVE BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR NEXT
SUMMER, JULY 23.
THE CLOSING CEREMONY WILL BE
AUGUST 8. THAT IS IT FOR YOUR
MORNING RUSH.
>>>
>>> DOZENS OF COMPANIES HAPPEN RACING TO TRY TO CREATE A VACCINE TO+@ PREVENT COVID 19.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON THE LATEST
TO GET A LOT OF NATIONAL
ATTENTION AFTER THEY ANNOUNCED
THEIR VACCINE COULD BE READY
FOR HUMAN TRIAL BY THIS
SEPTEMBER.
+@
FOR HUMAN TRIAL BY THIS SEPTEMBER. AS SOON AS THEY ANNOUNCED THEIR
STOCK JUMPED BY 8%.
HERE IS THEIR TIMELINE.
THEY ARE WORKING ON THIS
EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE.
THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED A
CANDIDATE THAT WILL GO THROUGH
PHASE 1 OF THE CLINICAL TRIAL.
THEY WILL DETERMINE THE EFFECTS
BY END OF YEAR HERE IN 2020.
THIS VACCINE COULD BE AVAILABL+
FOR EMERGENCY USE BY AS EARLY
AS 2021.
THEY HAVE ALSO SAID THEY ARE
EXPANDING MANUFACTURING HERE IN
THE US AND OTHER COUNTRIES
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO
MASS-PRODUCE THE VACCINE AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, SAYING
+@THEY ARE EXPECTING TO PRODUCE
MORE THAN A MORE THAN 1 BILLION
DOSES.
THE VACCINE PREVENTS YOU FROM
GETTING SICK.
+@MORE+@ THAN 690,000 PEOPLE AC
THE WORLD HAVE TESTED POSITIVE
FOR COVID 19 AND 33,000