Magic johnson about why the coronavirus affects African Americans disproportionately. And rick warren about faith and hope heading into the easter weekend. Tweet us your questions with the cnn town hall and leave a comment on the cnn facebook page. A lot of you have september nt questions. Well get to as many as we can. We have reports from across the country and around the world how those at home and abroad are fighting the virus. I want to start with this country and where we are in the fight against the virus. The death count increases dramatically every day according to Johns Hopkins university. 1,161 people died today. Total dead, 16,478. Hard to believe. At least 460,437 people infected in the United States alone. A he Health Official say this week will be the deadliest of the pandemic yet. What we do in the coming days and weeks may define how we live for the foreseeable future. The United States just had its deadliest day yet from coronavirus. Theres been a shift in a key model
Minute. The u. S. Death toll now stands at 8,000. More than 64,000 have died worldwide. We have Fox Team Coverage on the response both at home and abroad. We begin with Steve Harrigan. Hes reporting live from cdc headquarters in atlanta. Steve . Jon, the u. S. Numbers grow worse each day. 300,000 cases in the u. S. , 8,000 deaths. Out of those 8,000 deaths, 1,000 have taken place in just the last 24 hours alone. One key number, one key figure to keep an eye on, according to task force officials, the rates of new cases in the u. S. Heres dr. Fauci. Seeing an increase in deaths, we want to focus on the effect of mitigation is really the number of new cases. Thats what we will be thinking about and looking about. Were going to pay close attention to that and hopefully the kinds of mitigations that were talking about are going to have the impact to allow us to begin to think about maybe changing [inaudible]. The cdc is now recommending that all americans wear cloth masks that cover their n
And how to reopen for business. Also, serious questions about the health of north koreas leader, kim jongun, following a recent surgery. Were live in seoul and tokyo with the latest on that one. Plus, President Trump claiming he will temporarily suspend immigration into the u. S. Over coronavirus fears. How will this impact the outbreak . Thats also next. So here in the u. S. Several states are preparing to ease the restrictions they imposed to contain the coronavirus even though americas death toll has now surged past 42,000 people. The governor of georgia says he will allow some businesses to reopen this week zpiet warnings from health officials. Governor brian kemp says the move is a, quote, small step towards restarting the american economy, but the list of businesses allowed to reopen is anything but small. Gyms, barber shops, bowling alleys, even tattoo parlors can resume business as early as friday while theaters and restaurants can reopen on monday. They have confirmed 20,000 c
When to get businesses going again. Donald trump tweets about a stunning new plan to suspend immigration. Plus serious questions around the health of north korea leader kim jong un. We have been been to the country a dozen times. His analysis ahead. Good to have you with us. Governors across the United States look to get states reopened, President Trump is shutting down the country to those from outside. Late monday he tweeted that he will sign an executive order temporarily suspending immigration to protect americans from the coronavirus. A number of covid19 deaths in the u. S. Has nearly doubled in the past week. To more than 42,000. The nation top Infectious Disease expert says reopening too soon without widespread testing would be a mistake. New polls show the American Public agrees. And wall street journal survey shows 58 of worry restrictions will be lifted too quickly. And lives will be lost. A poll puts that number at 66 . Georgia is the first state to announce a major easing o
In the coming days should wait until at least early june in order to prevent an onslaught of new infections. As of today, the u. S. Death toll is more than 46,000 people with more than 800,000 confirmed cases. Worldwide there are more than 2. 6 million cases and 182,000 confirmed deaths, probably a lot more than that. Lets go straight to the white house. First, our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta joins us. Jim, what are you learning about this doctor who says he was removed from this key position because he was questioning some treatments that the president is pushing . Reporter thats right, wolf. This leading Government Official working on Vaccine Development for the coronavirus, dr. Rick bright, says in a statement hes asking for an Inspector General to investigate his removal. Hes filing a whistleblower complaint, accusing Administration Officials for retaliating against him for speaking out against what he says are questionable treatment for coronavirus like hydroxychlor