WE
WE WILL
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING HEAT AS IT WILL CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU.
YESTERDAY WAS MISERABLE.
>>> TIME NOW IS 8:02.
IT MAY SEEM LIKE A BROKEN RECORD
AT THS POINT BUT COVID-19 CASES
IN TEXAS HIT A NEW HIGH FOR THE
SECOND TIME IN ONE WEEK.
TEXAS REPORTED MORE THAN 10,000
CASES IN A SINGLE DAY.
LET'S LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IN THE
BIGGEST NORTH TEXAS COUNTIES.
1, 101 NEW INFECTIONS IN DALLAS
COUNTY AND 4 DEATHS.
YESTERDAY WAS THE 9th STRAIGHT
DAY OF OVER 1,000 NEW COVID-19
CASES.
CASES.
CASES. TARRANT COUNTY IS REPORTING 423
NEW CASES.
NEW CASES. COLLIN COUNTY 151 AND DENTON
COUNTY TELLS US THEY HAVE 127
NEW CASES.
NEW CASES. DESPITE THE NUMBERS, SEVERAL
COMPANIES WILL BE WANTING THEIR
EMPLOYEES TO COME BACK TO WORK.
BUT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
ARE ALLOWING KIDS TO STAY AT
HOME AND CONTINUE VIRTUAL
LEARNING.
LEARNING.
LEARNING. THERE ARE MANY PROBLEMS PARENTS
FACE AMID THE PANDEMIC.
>> I AM HERE AT MY DAUGHTER'S
DAY CARE AND THEY ARE CLOSING.
>> Reporter: DIANE SAYS SHE IS
HEART BROKEN.
HEART BROKEN. SHE COULDN'T CONTROL HER
EMOTIONS AS SHE PACKED UP HER
CHILD'S THINGS FROM THEIR DAY
CARE.
CARE.
CARE. SHE
CARE. SHE AND MANY WORKING PARENTS ARE
LEARNING A TOUGH REALITY, THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS PUSHING
THE CHILD CARE INDUSTRY TO THE
BRINK OF COLLAPSE.
>> CHILD CARE IS A TOP CONCERN
FOR MILLIONS OF WORKING PARENTS.
IF YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE
OFFICE AND YOUR CHILD CARE
CENTER IS CLOSED, WHAT DO YOU
DO?
DO?
DO? THIS
DO? THIS IS A KEY PIECE OF THE
PUZZLE TO FULLY REOPENING THE
U.S. ECONOMY.
U.S. ECONOMY. >> Reporter: NATIONWIDE, NEARLY
HALF OF DAY CARE FACILITIES SHUT
DOWN DURING THE PANDEMIC.
OF THOSE THAT STAYED OPEN, 80%
ARE OPERATING ARE HALF OF THEIR
CAPACITY.
CAPACITY.
CAPACITY. HALF OF U.S. CHILD CARE CAPACITY
IS AT RISK OF DISAPPEARING.
>> CHILD CARE IS IN A CRISIS
MODE NOW.
MODE NOW.
MODE NOW. >> Reporter: THIS IS A CENTER IN
KENSINGTON MARYLAND THAT STAYED
OPEN DURING THE SHUTDOWN BECAUSE
IT SERVES ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
BUT THEIR NUMBERS WENT FRUMENT A
FULL ENROLLMENT OF 78 CHILDREN
TO AT ONE POINT, JUST 9.
>> WESENT OUT AN EMAIL ASKING
PARENTS TO PAY WHAT THEY COULD
TO TOLD THEIR SPOTS IF THEY WERE
NOT COMING OUT.
>> Reporter: CHILD CARE CENTERS
ARE EXPENSIVE TO OPERATE, NOW
THROW IN THE NEW NORMAL OF DEEP
CLEANINGS, SANITIZING AND PPE.
THE COVID-19 RELIEF PACKAGE
INCLEEDED NEARLY $60 BILLION FOR
THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, JUST $1.5
BILLION WAS SET ASIDE FOR THE
CHILD CARE BUDGET.
A LEGISLATURE SET ASIDE $55
BILLION FOR THE INDUSTRY.
>> I'M SAYING TO MY COLLEAGUES,
ASK ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS WHAT
THEIR BIGGEST ISSUE IS RIGHT NOW
AND THIS IS IT.
>> Reporter: I ASKED HOW LONG
THE FACILITY CAN HANG ON WITHOUT
GOVERNMENT HELP AND WITHOUT FULL
ENROLLMENT?
ENROLLMENT? >> WE CAN PROBABLY HANG ON UNTIL
SEPTEMBER.
SEPTEMBER. BUT IT IS HARD TO ASK PARENTS TO
CONTRIBUTE WHEN THERE IS NO END
DATE.
DATE.
DATE. >>>
DATE. >>> THIS NEXT STORY IS BOTH
FRUSTRATING AND TRAGIC.
A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM SAN
ANTONIO DIED AFTER ATTENDING A
COVID-19 PARTY.
COVID-19 PARTY. IT IS A TREND WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE
INTENTIONALLY HANG OUT WITH
SOMEONE WHO IS INFECTED.
THE MAN TOLD NURSES ABOUT THE
PARTY.
PARTY.
PARTY. >>
PARTY. >> HE THOUGHT HE WAS YOUNG AND
INVINCIBLE AND HE WOULDN'T GET
AFFECTED.
AFFECTED.
AFFECTED. >> Reporter: AT THIS POINT, THE
HOSPITAL REPORTS MORE CASES FROM
PEOPLE IN THEIR 20s AND 30s.
>>> THE PANDEMIC IS TAKING A
GRIM TOLL IN THE CORPUS CHRISTI
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. THEY REQUESTED A REFRIGERATED
TRUCK WITH A TEMPERATURE CONTROL
SYSTEM TO ACCOMMODATE UP TO 40
MORE BODIES.
MORE BODIES. MORE COUNTIES ARE REQUESTING
REFRIGERATED FRAILERS.
REFRIGERATED FRAILERS. PRY THE CREMATED REMAINS OF 200
MEXICANS WHO DIED OF COVID-19 IN
THE U.S. WERE REPATRIATED LAST
NIGHT TO THE JUAREZ AIRPORT.
ALL 250 MEXICANS LOST THEIR
LIVES IN