milstone. that's why we have you here putting science first. good luck in the days and weeks ahead. >> up next, we go to the state of michigan. tl third hi the third highest number of coronavirus cases. a live update just ahead. without leaving the safety of your home. shop at sprint.com for free next day shipping and no activation fees on our best new phone deals, like the samsung galaxy s20 5g for just $0 a month. plus, you'll also get a $100 prepaid mastercard when you switch online. stay healthy and visit sprint.com to get the services you need. for people with hearing loss, visit sprintrelay.com >>> the latest state by state coronavirus state count is new york, new jersey and michigan. you can see the number there. the state has nearly 16,000 confirmed cases. 617 death in michigan. the governor warning a dire shortages of critical supply. detroit has been hit especially hard, that's where brian young is there today. >> reporter: folks here are worried of the next 124 or 48 hours. people are worried about ppe. we have been able to talk to p

milstone, one of the giant questions.you actually understand the scope of the infection in your state, or are you blind because of the lack of testing? are you in a better place now? >> i think that both governors are correct, that we really can only reopen the economy in these southern states when there is both acute testing, doing nasal pharyngeal swabs, but doing antibody testing to find out who is infected, who is not, who is actively infected, who is not actively infected, and until we have that wide field of testing, we are a little on the blindside. the problem with testing this weekend and doing testing over a weekend is that i may be negative today if i test today. but if i get sick tomorrow or on saturday or sunday, then, unfortunately, i may not know if i'm infected. and i think we also need to really work hard to protect our health care workers going forward. you saw the cdc report just a few days ago that showed over 9,000 health care workers have been infected with covid-19 and almost 30 have died. so we've