We have new signs of hope. America wages war against the coronavirus. The number of people entering the hospital here in new york is slowing down, however, the death toll is not. Heres a look at the map. New york is now reporting more than 5,400 deaths. New jersey, more than 1,200 followed by michigan and louisiana. And several states are now reporting between 200 and 500 deaths including california, illinois and florida. Here in new york supplies are being brought into a cathedral thats being turned into a field hospital. Data shows the state is reaching a plateau but on tuesday the state averaged one death every two minutes. In los angeles, a new rule when it comes to wearing a nonmedical mask. Beginning friday essential workers and their customers including those at Grocery Stores will be required to wear them. Abcs Megan Tevrizian reports on the other new developments this morning. Reporter as the coronavirus death toll approaches 13,000 people nationwide, africanamericans are being hit especially hard. In chicago they comprise 30 of fo72th it athere getng reporter but dr. Anthony fauci warning americans not to stigmatize any group emphasizing that preexisting conditions are causing the worst outcomes for minorities. Their underlying medical conditions, the diabetes, the hypertension, the obesity, the asthma, those are the kind of things that wind them up in the icu and ultimately give them a higher death rate. Reporter meanwhile, in new york the state suffering its worst 24 hours yet with more than 700 deaths in a single day. That is 731 people who we lost. Behind every one of those numbers is an individual, is a family, is a mother, is a father, is a sister, is a brother. Reporter but the governor expressing hope saying the hospitalization rate is going down. You see that plateauing. Thats because of what we are doing. If we dont do what we are doing, that is a much different curve. Reporter it comes as part of louisiana reports a death rate thats more than double that of new york citys. The state now getting more of those critical ventilators. Just because we think were starting to flatten the curve doesnt mean our job is over and, in fact, now is the time to double down. Reporter the president saying tuesday that all 8,600 ventilators in the National Stockpile will be available to states that need them and 110,000 will be ready in the coming weeks before indicating he may cut off funding to the world health organization. Because you know what, they called it wrong, and if you look back over the years even, theyre very much everything seems to be very biased toward china. Thats not right. Reporter he also responded to reports that trade adviser Peter Navarro issued a dire warning to the white house in a memo back in january stressing that covid19 could cause hundreds of thousands of deaths and cause massive economic damage. It didnt matter whether i saw it or not because i acted on my own. I guess i had the same instincts as peter. Reporter the president says he took swift action to shut down travel from china around the same time navarro wrote that memo, but critics point out the president continued to downplay the risk of the virus well after the memo was sent. Kenneth, mona. All right, megan, thank you. Officials in new york city are considering the use of mass graves digging trenches on hart island off the bronx where people could be buried temporarily. The mayor says all bodies will bereeditity. Are now sick in michigan. S of hw the state with the Third Largest number of coronavirus and local hospitals saying theyre running out of protective gear. This morning hospital workers across the country suiting up for war and saving coronavirus patients while putting their own lives on the line. The virus hitting hospital workers especially hard in michigan where the states two Largest Health care systems report a combined 2,200 employees have now tested positive or have shown symptoms. Were running dangerously low on ppe. Reporter the governor says hospitals are days away from running out of personal protective gear. Without the publics help, theres no way, we simply do not have the manpower and the nursing staff nor the beds nor the equipment to take care of everyone. Reporter the president of the Michigan Nurses association, jamie brown, who is also a Critical Care nurse, say shes angry about the lack of supplies and says this crisis will have a longterm impact on the u. S. Health care system. If you have the nurses dying and then the hospitals arent protecting us, who is going to want to go into Nursing School to learn how to do this without any guarantees for your safety . Reporter weve been planning for this since january 28th. Reporter in california new data indicates the number of deaths per day wont peak for another week and a half. This hospital has converted several areas to take in more patients. Theyre grateful for everything everybody is doing with the social distancing and stayathome orders because that gives us a chance to care for our patients properly and we dont see the devastation like theyre seeing in new york right now. Reporter this morning a look inside one of the battlefields already overrun with patients. A new york City Hospitals icu. With alarms going off, a medical team rushes to save a patient having trouble breathing. Within minutes theyre able to stabilize the patient. Penetration is at 83. Well take it. Its coming up slowly. What happened just now is an absolute emergency. Its a lifeordeath situation. Unfortunately, thats what were seeing with a lot of our patients here. You know, we run around this unit many times just putting out fires. [ applause ] reporter in georgia, these hospital workers are playing the role of lifesavers and cheerleaders. Yes [ applause ] reporter as they send off another patient who beat the virus. Thank yall so much. Thank you. Thank you. Byebye. And in that area in Georgia Health care system 340 patients have recovered from the virus in the last week. British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is in stable condition after spending a second night in the intensive care unit of a london hospital. Johnson has been fighting the virus for nearly two weeks. He is reportedly in good spirits and breathing on his own. Back in this country an unusual sight at the ballot box. Voters were trying to cover their faces and keep social distance as they went to the polls in wisconsin. Abcs Andrew Dymburt reports it could be a preview of whats to come this fall. Frustration at the polling place. Im angry that people are even put in the position. Reporter thousands of wisconsin voters being forced to break Safety Measures to cast their ballot tuesday, some angry over the disregard for social distancing guidelines. Look at all the poll workers covered head to toe in ppe. Very easy for your average joe to vote today. Just another day being an american. Reporter one person even used a sign to make their feelings known as they stood in the hours long line, but for others with preexisting conditions they say the risk of going to the polls was just too high. We have moved forward with an election, but we have not moved forward with democracy. Reporter while the states democratic governor tried to postpone the election, Republican Lawmakers Argued that elections are essential services. While the president deemed the democrats request for a delay a political stunt. They had no problem with the election being today until i endorsed the republican candidate. Reporter trump also condemned mailin ballots saying theyre prone to fraud even though he himself voted by mail in florida. And the mailin ballot debate could be front and center come fall assuming that the coronavirus returns and as for those wisconsin primary results, well, those arent expected until next week. Kenneth, mona. Andrew, thank you. Time now for a look at your weather for this wednesday morning. People outside were dodging hailstones near chicago last night. The same storm system also brought hail and thunderstorms to southern michigan, storms in the ohio valley could produce more damaging wind and hail. Thunderstorms are expected from kentucky to the gulf coast and more unsettled weather today in southern california. Checking todays high temperatures, much cooler today in the upper midwest, 60s and 70s along the west, dallas and miami get in the 90s, near 60 in new york. Coming up, we remember one of americas top songwriters. Also ahead, with fewer people on the roads right now, should your Car Insurance company be giving you a refund . But first the new prediction on when america will finally be how will 2020 census data where there are more people, there are more needs for public services. Thats why the census is used by the government to inform funding decisions each year. But thats not all. Its also used by nonprofits to inform services, by businesses to create jobs, and even by students for school projects. Understanding how the population changes helps us shape communities across the country for the better. Shape your future. Start here. Visit 2020census. Gov. The lockdown in wuhan, china which is ground zero for coronavirus is finally over after 76 days. The city staged an elaborate light show to celebrate. Wuhans airport is now open and trains are running again. The outgoing secretary of the navy is taking accountability for the uproar he created over the firing of a ship captain. Saying i own it was a quote quoe thomas modlys final message to sailors before he resigned. In the memo he said the words he used during an address on the uss Theodore Roosevelt were, quote, poor. Modly called the ships former captain stupid for the way he handled the virus outbreak. Wae llions of expertwa icould b massive times lp a lot. Reporter struggling families are forced to choose between staying home and getting help. It is very important to me, me and my family and, you know, were making it work. Reporter in california and pennsylvania people waiting for hours in these lines outside food banks. We were down here first, like around 7 30. Reporter in florida hundreds of people were forced to wait for unemployment forms after the states website crashed. This morning, new hope as the government talks about a second round of relief payments before those first checks are even delivered. So we are going to be providing tremendous amounts of money to the Small Businesses in our country who have been absolutely clobbered. Reporter it comes as President Trump promises more help for Small Businesses. In addition to the 350 billion already approved last month, a senate vote could come tomorrow. Ill be asking congress to provide an additional 250 billion for the paycheck protection. Reporter the administration saying its already processed more than 70 billion in loans so far. But many businesses say theyre struggling to access the cash. As for when americans will get back to work, one former adviser to the president says it will happen slowly. I think were going to have to go through a very incremental approach in reopening the economy. I think its going to be different city by city, state by state and county by county. Reporter but he says testing will be key. Getting back to work could be and getting back to normal could be a long wait. Californias governor says social distancing could extend into june. Coming up, meet the coronavirus patient who spent 17 days on a ventilator and lived to tell the story. Also ahead, a man is handcuffed in front of his daughter at the park. Did police go too far in enforcing social distance . Thats why ive got the power of 1, 2, 3 medicines with trelegy. The only fdaapproved oncedaily 3in1 copd treatment. Trelegy the power of 1,2,3 trelegy 1,2,3 trelegy man with trelegy and the power of 1, 2, 3, im breathing better. Trelegy works three ways to open airways, keep them open and reduce inflammation, for 24 hours of better breathing. Trelegy wont replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. Trelegy is not for asthma. Tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high Blood Pressure before taking it. Do not take trelegy more than prescribed. 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But after 17 days, doctors delivered the good news to his wife, he had beaten the odds. Theres people, they are surviving, and i really wanted my message to get out there is hope. There is hope. His wife was planning his funeral. Now shes planning their anniversary. Thats not the only amazing survival story. Olorado man spen in the hospital and at one point was in a coma now recovering . Were answering your questions about the virus. Everything from cleaning your home to the new fiveminute test but first new data shows black americans getting hit especially hard and earlier i asked dr. Alok patel what this new data could reveal. Its kind of multifocal here. According to the cdc africanamericans have a higher prevalence of diseases like hypertension, diabetes or even having a stroke. That could potentially contribute to your risk of getting serious complications from covid19, but heres the thing, these are also communities where people may not be able to socially isolate. They may not have health insurance. They may not be able to get medical care until its too late. And so by understanding whats happening in these communities, well be better prepared to actually give them the help they need or possibly maybe they need more intervention this early stage. I think what were really going to see is how the social determinants of health really play out now. Its extremely important topic, not only for covid19 but for anything related to the public health. Dr. Patel, this week were seeing drivethrough test sites pop up using this fiveminute test. In hardhit states, cvs is doing clinics. Only in a few areas. Walgreens is getting on board. What are you hearing about the availability about the tests and are you encouraged or frustrated by the pacing of tests . To be candid, im frustrated. You know, at the end of march we were talking, we were hearing about these large retailers really diving in and prioritizing testing and rolling out drivethrough testing and even though these collective retailers have Something Like 30,000 Stores Across the country, there were under ten testing sites. And right now you mentioned cvs has a couple, and walgreens Just Announced theyre going to roll out 15 testing states in 7 states representing hot spot areas. Thats not nearly enough. I also want to ask you about certain cleaning products. In recent years natural and organic cleaning products have become increasingly popular. But can they actually kill covid19, or should we be using some of the harsher products like clorox wipes and bleach . Im glad you asked. People want to do the right thing and make sure theyre using responsible all natural cleaning products and i respect that but right now the priority needs to be in using products that can kill the virus and, you know, theres a couple products that will say kills household germs or can clean your home, protect you from getting sick, but they dont make the specific claim that they can kill this virus. Dr. Patel adds be sure to check whats in your cleaner. The website epa. Gov has a list of ingredients that kill the virus. Coming up who, is getting a big refund on Car Insurance . Plus, americas new obsession with baking bread. Well be right back. People, no, whove got their eczema under control. With less eczema, you can show more skin. So roll up those sleeves. And help heal your skin from within with dupixent. Dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderatetosevere eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. 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