The United States and all around the world. This is cnn newsroom. Im michael holmes. A warm welcome, everyone. Coronavirus cases are climbing. The crisis is deepening. And time is running out for millions of jobless americans now just days away from losing special Unemployment Benefits theyve been relying on during this pandemic. Senate republicans are set to roll out a 1 trillion relief package on monday, but theyve been fighting for weeks over the size and scope of any new unemployment aid, and there could be a lot more wrangling before any money actually gets to the people who need it. The u. S. Has about a quarter, as we said, of the 16 million covid19 cases worldwide, and this week the country could hit another mark no one wants to see, it marches towards 150,000 lives lost to the virus. On sunday, texas announced it had topped 5,000 deaths, and now parts of the state are facing yet another disaster, reeling from the aftermath of hurricane hanna. Florida is the second biggest epic
Im kim brunhuber. Day by day thousands around the world are finding out theyre infected with the coronavirus, but nowhere is the pandemic being felt more acutely than in the United States. Heres the latest. New daily infections are still on the rise in nearly half the states. The u. S. Accounts for about 1 4 of the worlds total coronavirus cases and about 1 5 of all deaths. More than 5,000 people are now reported dead in texas alone. The Trump Administration is acknowledging to cnn that its taking too long to get test results back. We after never gonna be happy with testing until we get turnaround times within 24 hours, and i would be happy with point of care testing everywhere. We are not there yet. We are doing everything we can to do that. What can we do . We can test everybody in a hospital within 24 hours so they can get the new treatments we develop. We are point of care testing in Nursing Homes or prioritizing all Nursing Homes because thats where 50 of the mortality are. Where
Be meeting with bar owners in the coming days to see how they can actually safely reopen in the state. While cases are rising across the country, millions of americans are also hurting economically. This week a 600 weekly unemployment benefit, one that some 20plus million americans are depending on, is set to expire. The white house said a new stimulus bill is being finalizeds, delivered to Congress Tomorrow and Mitch Mcconnell says it could be weeking before its ready for the president s signature, having to pass the senate and house as we know. Differences between democrats and republicans continue. Straight to florida to begin our coverage kniss hour. Police there cracking down on people not Wearing Masks in public as cases are continuing to rise dramatically. Randi kaye is in palm beach county. Rainl randi, set the scene. Whats the latest where you are . Reporter wolf, another 9,252 cases, 77 deaths and more than 5,800 floridians are dead. Look at the scene behind me, plenty of peo
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