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NY COVID 4/8

Wednesday, April 8, 2020 Sunny

          Confirmed      Deaths      

USA      434,915      14,784      

NY      151,069      6,268      

NYC      80,204      4,260  

 Gov. Cuomo reported that hospitalizations continue to decrease, but NY had a highest daily death toll 779. Cuomo also said the state will be extending unemployment benefits for another 13 weeks, bringing the total to 39 weeks.

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/04/08/coronavirus-covid-19-new-york-state-andrew-cuomo-social-distancing/

Mayor Bill de Blasio released preliminary information on how the virus is impacting people of different racial backgrounds:

·        Hispanics make up 34% of the fatalities (They are 29% of NYC’s population)

·        Blacks make up 28% of the fatalities (22% of the population)

·        Whites make up 27% of the fatalities (32% of the population)

·        Asians make up 7% of the fatalities (17% of the population)

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/04/08/coronavirus-update-racial-disparities-in-deaths/

Broadway Theaters will remain closed until June 7.

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/04/08/coronavirus-broadway-shut-down-extended/

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NY COVID 4/7

Tuesday, April 7, 2020 Sunny

          Confirmed      Deaths      

USA      394,564      12,748      

NY      138,863      5.489      

NYC      74,601      3,544  

  Gov. Cuomo said more than 731 people had died in NY in April 6, recording its highest daily death toll. NYC Parks is closing dog runs this day to maintain social distancing in public spaces. And this week, they also will remove any remaining basketball rims and tennis nets and lock up all courts with a gate, including handball courts.

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/04/07/coronavirus-new-york-see-new-deadliest-day-covid-19-5489-total-deaths/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/world/coronavirus-updates-news-live.html

Here’s what you need to know:

·        Trump effectively ousts the top watchdog for the $2 trillion in virus relief.

·        Amid some encouraging signs, major challenges remain in grappling with the virus.

·        New York records its largest number of deaths in a single day.

·        Britain is gripped by concern for the health of its prime minister, and questions of succession.

·        China ends a lockdown on Wuhan as the country reports its first day since January with no deaths.

·        A top White House official warned in January that a pandemic could imperil millions of Americans.

·        Black Americans face alarming rates of coronavirus infection in some states.

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NY COVID 4/6

Monday, April 6, 2020 Sunny

          Confirmed      Deaths      

USA      367,231      10,911     

  NY      131,815      4,758      

NYC      68,776      2,738  

 New York State on PAUSE is extended through 4/29. Non-Essential workforce is directed to continue to work from home until at least 4/29.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/coronavirus-news.html

Here’s what you need to know:

·        Hospitals face severe shortages of critical supplies, according to a new government report.

·        White House warns that the week ahead will be full of sadness as U.S. death toll approaches 10,000.

·        First legal challenge to public health restrictions filed by the A.C.L.U. in Puerto Rico.

·        Wall Street begins the week on an upbeat note.

·        Japan will declare a state of emergency as the virus surges in Tokyo and other cities.

·        Debate roils White House over an untested drug the president insists on promoting.

·        Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain is hospitalized for coronavirus treatment.

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NY COVID 4/5

Sunday, April 5, 2020 Sunny

          Confirmed      Deaths      

USA      337,595      9,651      

NY      123,160      4,159      

NYC      64,955      2,472  

 NYC is seeking businesses with ability to source or make products to support City’s COVID19.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/world/coronavirus-live-news-updates.html

Here’s what you need to know:

·        Trump again promotes use of hydroxychloroquine.

·        As hot spots shift in the U.S., Washington State shows how one place that is rebounding can help others.

·        The U.S. is undercounting the number of people who have died in the pandemic, experts say.

·        Queen Elizabeth II urges the British people to display resolve, even as Prime Minister Boris Johnson enters the hospital.

·        As many as half of those with the coronavirus could be asymptomatic, Fauci says.

·        The Navy captain who was removed from command of a coronavirus stricken aircraft carrier tests positive.

·        The C.D.C. reverses course on how to get cruise ship passengers back home.

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NY COVID 4/4

Saturday, April 4, 2020 Sunny

          Confirmed      Deaths     

  USA      310,580      8,454      

NY      113,833      3,565      

NYC      60,850      2,254  

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/world/coronavirus-live-news-updates.html

Here’s what you need to know:

·        Will Americans follow guidance to wear masks? Trump says he won’t.

·        Gov. Andrew Cuomo forecasts New York’s crisis peaking within about a week.

·        The C.D.C. is beginning to test for antibodies that would show previous coronavirus infections.

·        Almost 40,000 people have traveled directly from China to the U.S. since Trump imposed travel restrictions.

·        An outbreak at a cancer hospital shocks Egypt, as the global caseload rises past 1.1 million.

·        A provocative idea in Italy: Blood tests to decide who goes back to work.

·        Unusual vaccine is ready for human trials, scientists say.

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NY COVID 4/3

Friday, April 3, 2020 Cloudy

          Confirmed      Deaths      

USA      275,623      7,069      

NY      102,863      2,935      

NYC      56,289      1,867  

  USNH Comfort will screen patients on the pier. That means ambulance can bring people straight here, bypassing other hospitals. 

 Javits Center is approved to accept COVID19 patients. Gov. Cuomo thanked President Donald Trump and his administration for allowing the Javits Center to become a COVID-19 hospital. 

Comfort医疗船将在码头对患者进行检测，也就意味着救护车可以绕过其它医院将病人送到医疗船码头。  

贾维茨中心被批准接收新冠患者。州长科莫感谢川普政府批准这项建议。

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/04/03/coronavirus-usns-comfort-screening-pier-side/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/world/coronavirus-news-updates.html

Here’s what you need to know:

·        New York State records its biggest daily death toll, and pleads for the nation’s help.

·        Should you wear a mask? The White House and public health officials are debating the advice.

·        U.S. tries to bar 3M from exporting face masks.

·        With joblessness soaring, Pelosi says it’s time to “go bigger” on another economic relief bill and wait on infrastructure.

·        Half the planet is on lockdown, but not every U.S. state.

·        Small businesses seek a share of $350 billion as some predict a chaotic process.

·        Britain has its deadliest day as the government races for an “immunity passport.”

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NY COVID 4/2

          Confirmed      Deaths      

USA      242,899      5,865     

  NY      92,381      2,373     

  NYC      49,707      1,562  

 https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page

Coronavirus cases continue to rise in NYC.

Gov. Cuomo said New York only had about six days’ ventilators left before it ran out of the lifesaving medical equipment.

New evidence suggests that people are most contagious two to three days before the onset of symptoms.

Wall Street has seemly imploded and the global economy has shuddered as the fallout of the pandemic reaches into every country. In their place are fear that the world maybe on the cusp of an economic shock unseen since the Great Depression. Deep economic pain was already been left from coast to coast.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/world/coronavirus-news.html

Here’s what you need to know:

·        In just two weeks, 10 million jobs have vanished, shaking the foundations of the global economy.

·        The Democrats are postponing their convention until August because of the virus.

·        The U.S. approved a test that could help detect immunity.

·        Infections surge and deaths rise, even as countries step up restrictions on movement.

·        People are venturing outside in Spain, but only to join the unemployment line.

·        Trump lashes out at New York political leaders.

·        Cellphone data shows where social distancing measures worked, and what happened in their absence.

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NY COVID 4/1

Wednesday, April 1, 2020   Sunny

          Confirmed      Deaths     

  USA      211,408      4,718     

  NY      83,712      1,941      

NYC      47,439      1,374  

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/video/4499894-gov-andrew-cuomo-gives-coronavirus-update/

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

Playgrounds will be closed in NYC to boost social distancing.

The death in NYC today was 278.

US stocks fell an average of nearly 3.5%.

纽约市将关闭所有公园。

纽约市今日死亡人数达到278人。

美股平均下跌近3.5%。

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/world/coronavirus-live-news-updates.html

Here’s what you need to know:

·        The federal government’s stockpile of masks, gloves and gowns is nearly empty.

·        Menaced by the economic downturn, the federal government weighs an infrastructure push to create jobs.

·        Bowing to pressure, Florida’s governor issues a stay-at-home order.

·        Stocks tumbled as economic projections worsened.

·        “Why are we running out of these basic supplies?” Cuomo asks, as governors plead for help.

·        Iran says U.S. sanctions are taking lives. U.S. officials disagree.

·        Bolsonaro, isolated and defiant, dismisses the coronavirus threat to Brazil.

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NY COVID 3/31

Tuesday, March 31, 2020 Cloudy

USA 180,449   Deaths 3,564             NY 75,795   Deaths   1,550        

NYC  41,771     Deaths 1,096

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page

March has passed. The U.S stocks fell nearly 2%, Wall Street finished its worst month since 2008. 三月结束，美股跌幅近2%。

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/world/coronavirus-live-news-updates.html

Here’s what you need to know:

·        Models predicting expected spread of the virus in the U.S. paint a grim picture.

·        The Trump administration had invoked the Defense Production Act hundreds of thousands of times, but hesitated when the virus hit.

·        Trump says he “hasn’t heard about testing for weeks,” but governors say they still lack test kits.

·        The C.D.C. is reviewing its guidance on wearing masks.

·        The U.S. death toll passes China’s as questions mount about China’s statistics.

·        Asian countries see that success containing the virus can be tenuous, a worrisome sign for the rest of the world.

·        Cuomo says the federal government is bidding against states for ventilators, as the outbreak hits home for him.

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NY COVID 3/30

Mondy, March 30, 2020 Cloudy&Rainy

USA 160,085    Deaths 2,963             NY 66,497   Deaths   1,218       

NYC  38,087   Deaths  932

 USNH Comfort arrived in New York harbor and docked at pier 88 around 11am this morning. 

 海军医疗船Comfort号于今日上午抵达纽约港88号码头。

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/world/coronavirus-live-news-updates.html

Here’s what you need to know:

·        Trump tells governors he “hasn’t heard about testing in weeks.”

·        As the virus’s impact expands, Washington mulls more emergency measures.

·        Roughly three out of four Americans are under orders to stay home, or will be soon.

·        As the virus spreads behind bars, there are calls rising to free inmates.

·        China says it’s halting the virus’s spread. Is that true?

·        Agony in Spain and Italy as deaths climb and lockdowns are extended.

·        “Doctors are getting sick everywhere.” Health workers confront fear as colleagues fall ill.

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NY COVID 3/29

Sundy, March 29, 2020 Rainy

USA 142,082    Deaths 2,482             NY 59,662    Deaths 965     NYC 33,474    Deaths 776

Cuomo Says Non-Essential Workers Must Stay Home Until At Least April 15.

A field hospital with 68-bed facilities has been building in Central Park near 5AVE and 99th St by the Christian organization Samaritan’s Purse.

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/03/29/coronavirus-update-cuomo-says-program-calling-for-non-essential-workers-to-stay-home-is-extended-through-apr-15/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/world/coronavirus-live-news-updates.html

Here’s what you need to know:

200,000 Americans could die even if the U.S. takes aggressive action, Fauci says.

Trump extends the federal government’s social-distancing guidelines through the end of April.

Covid-19 patients ‘don’t have to worry’ about big medical bills, health insurers say.

‘I know we feel under attack,’ Cuomo tells New Yorkers rattled by quarantine talk.

Syria reports its first coronavirus death.

A cruise ship on which passengers died heads to Florida from Panama.

Pelosi and the White House exchange accusations of early denial of the coronavirus’s gravity.

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NY COVID 3/28

Saturday, March 28, 2020 Rainy

USA 113,000     NY53,399   Deaths 827 NYC 30,765   Deaths

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/world/coronavirus-live-news-updates.html

Here’s what you need to know:

·        C.D.C. issues a travel advisory for the New York region, after Trump backs off his quarantine threat.

·        Seven FEMA workers have tested positive.

·        New York State’s primary is delayed, and New York City may fine those who break social-distancing rules.

·        An inmate in Louisiana has died, and others in the prison have been hospitalized.

·        Illinois reports first known U.S. death of an infant with the coronavirus.

·        Federal civil rights office rejects rationing medical care based on disability or age.

·        As deaths mount, Spain and Italy look for signs of a turning point.

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NY COVID 3/27

Friday, March 27, 2020 Sunny

USA 101,000     NY44,635      NYC 26,697    Deaths 365 

 The number of confirmed COVID cases in the USA has surpassed China and Italy. 

 美国感染人数统计数据已超过中国和意大利。

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/world/coronavirus-news.html

Here’s what you need to know:

·        Congress gives final approval to $2 trillion relief package, sending it to Trump to sign.

·        Cities overwhelmingly face shortages of masks, ventilators and emergency equipment.

·        After expressing doubts about the need for more ventilators, Trump pushes industry to make more.

·        Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain tests positive for coronavirus.

·        Wall Street drops after its best three-day run since 1933.

·        The Supreme Court is asked to preserve a program shielding immigrants because 27,000 work in health care.

·        How did the U.S. overtake the world in new infections?

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NY COVID 3/26

USA 81,321     NY 37,258      NYC 23,112     Deaths 365 

 NY Source: Governor Andrew Cuomo 

 With the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.A, unemployment claims recorded high. Last week before, there were only 281,000 jobless claims. But last week, nearly 3.3 million American applied for unemployment benefits. 

 New York has become the epicenter for COVID in America. 

 NYC mayor Blasio girded New Yorkers for a long, hard fight against the Coronavirus. NYC will be ‘back to normal in April is absolutely inconceivable.’ And people should help each other. 

随着COVID的爆发，美国失业率创新高。上周以前仅有281,000，但到上周截止，约有3,300,000份失业救济申请。 纽约俨然已成为美国COVID爆发的中心.  

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/world/coronavirus-news.html

At least 81,321 people in the U.S. are known to have been infected with the coronavirus, more cases than China, Italy or any other country has seen, according to data gathered by The New York Times. Here’s what you need to know:

·        President Trump says the hospital ship U.S.N.S. Comfort will head to New York Saturday.

·        The U.S. now leads the world in confirmed coronavirus cases.

·        Pelosi predicts bipartisan passage of $2 trillion stimulus in House.

·        Trump rebuffs a governor’s plea for more forceful federal action.

·        Stocks had their best three-day run since 1933, but unemployment data set a bleak record.

·        As hospitalizations rise sharply in New York, doctors scramble.

·        The U.S. is sending migrant children back to their home countries, citing new policies aimed at stopping the virus.

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NY COVID 3/25

Wednesday, March 25, 2020 Cloudy

USA 65,564           NY 30,811    

NYC 20111       Deaths 280 ( to 5:30pm)

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/health-and-medicine/coronavirus#cases

https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-daily-data-summary.pdf

NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said “we have a really well-resourced department with 55,000 people, 36,000 of them on the uniform side.” But about 7% of its members are currently out sick.

Cuomo again warns NYC shut down the playgrounds if people don’t practice social distance.

On the east side of Manhattan, a large tent went up in the morning for overflow capacity for the city morgue. https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/health-and-medicine/coronavirus-blog

The New York Blood Center is collecting the first blood plasma donations from recovered COVID-19 patients. https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/03/25/new-york-blood-center-collects-first-plasma-donations-from-recovered-covid-19-coronavirus-patients

Google is now offering the topic pages for Coronavirus disease.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/world/coronavirus-news-maps.html

Here’s what you need to know:

·        The $2 trillion relief package is the biggest in American history.

·        New York infections soar and Spain’s crisis deepens.

·        Prince Charles tests positive for the coronavirus.

·        Stocks climb as Wall Street weighs U.S. rescue deal.

·        Putin delays a key vote as the Moscow mayor warns the situation is becoming serious in Russia.

·        In India, Day 1 of lockdown for a fifth of humanity.

·        Seeing the coronavirus as a marathon fight? Here are some tips.