- Sometimes it seems like the information changes from day to day and from one extreme to another
- The crews from about 100 cruise ships around the world are still on board those ships, trapped, without pay, and they are starting to get sick… 100,000 people
- As states begin to reopen, the CDC is predicting that by June, the US will hit a 3,000 deaths per day rate. Trump is rejecting this and fully denouncing it
- Meanwhile, the The U.S. reported its deadliest day with 2,909 people dying of COVID-19 in 24 hours. The next highest U.S. daily death toll was 2,471 reported on April 23
- The U.S. recorded an estimated 37,100 excess deaths in March and the first two weeks of April – nearly 13,500 more than are now attributed to COVID-19 for that same period. There were 16,600 estimated excess deaths in the week of April 5 to April 11, compared with 20,500 over the prior five weeks
- White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow defended his Feb. 25 claim that the U.S. had “contained” the coronavirus “pretty close to airtight,” arguing that his comments were “based on the actual facts” at the time
- There is no current evidence to suggest that coronavirus leaked from a Chinese research laboratory, intelligence sources have told the Guardian, contradicting recent White House claims that there is growing proof this is how the pandemic began
- Flattening the Truth on Coronavirus – Opinion by Dave Eggers
- Chris Christie thinks that the country should reopen despite the deaths, but it’s a sacrifice he’s willing to make
- French doctors found a Coronavirus patient from December, who had never been to China and had last traveled to Algeria in August 2019
Today’s projection data:
Total projected cases in the US: 1,218,138
Total projected deaths in the US: 68,377
Today’s actual data:
Total cases in the US: 1,212,900
Total deaths in the US: 69,921