brynn gingras has this. gr brynn, what are they doing?rter: the theory here is that because the tri-state is such a mobile area, people live in different states and drive into the city, they need to put things on a really large scale. what happens is in new jersey, new york and connecticut, bars and restaurants are going to close, and that begins tonight. that means restaurants who serve food will be takeout only. bars that don't serve food are going to close. and then areas of entertainment are also going to be closed. that's talking about gyms and casinos, movie theaters. so this is all, of course, the cdc has recommended there should not be crowds of 50 or more people together. so this is the effort that these three states are banning together to take. in addition to that, poppy, new jersey is going even a step further. we're learning from the governor that he has enacted a statewide curfew, and that goes into effect immediately as well. 8:00 p.m. to, i believe, 5:00 a.m., only essential people who have to go to work, like nurses, doct

reported, brynn, since just yesterday. what's happening behind you? >> reporter: yeah. new york city health officials say that those four deaths are tied to patients who use those ventilators. this hospital, alone, has been resupplied four times in the last ten days with ventilators and other supplies. that just, again, speaks to the demand of that piece of equipment. as john laid out nicely, what we're seeing here now, other u.s. cities are seeing that we saw last week are seeing now. we're talking about the surge in hospitals, the numbers of cases. we're seeing that in detroit, chicago, new orleans. again, i know you've heard this, but i'm hearing it on the ground. next week is going to be even worse. >> new video inside elmhurst hospital in the middle of new york city's outbreak. this footage published by "the new york times" shows an e.r. crowded with patients that doctors says are suffering from coronavirus. doctors are struggling to keep up. >> from our perspective, everything is not fine. i don't have the support th

we want to begin our coverage with brynn gingras. she's live at elmhurst hospital in queens here in new york. four deaths over the last 24 hours, brynn. a 40% increase in new york hospitals in just 24 hours. that's a big number. >> reporter: it is. remember, john, a large percentage of those are actually needing the icu beds. those ventilators. we know that this hospital alone has been resupplied with ventilators four times in the last ten days. the state has authorize the every hospital to be able to split ventilators. that's the kind of demand we're seeing on the frontlines here in new york. of course, we're hearing other cities now seeing what new york was seeing last week, places like chicago and detroit and new orleans, essentially a surge in hospitals, they're becoming overwhelmed, the fact that the number of cases are going up. of course, you know this john. we've been hearing this. next week is expected to be even works. >> new video inside elmhurst hospital in the middle of new york city's outbreak. this footage published by

cnn's brynn gingras is live at elmhurst hospital in queens where 13 people, brynn, have died in just the last 24 hours. >> reporter: yeah, john, is it bad to say it is not that surprising to me. we have been here all week and we have slowly seen the patients coming here every single day. more and more, earlier and earlier in the morning as the line behind me, i'll show you in a second. first, let me tell you, this hospital, elmhurst hospital is one of 11 public hospitals in new york city and it is being called the center of the crisis. this is why. look at all these people lined up, just to get some care. there is an extra tent here to deal with the amount of people that are coming into the emergency room. it is an annex to the er. there is a tent here for testing. that line, we just went by it not too long ago, it is snaking through. there is so many people and i can tell you guys, there is all ages. i didn't ask ages, but there is young and old, another reminder that this virus can infect everyone. at this particular hospital, it tells us daily they are getting supplies here. they'

brynn gingras on the front lines in new york. brynn, we appreciate that. keep in touch. >>> beginning tonight a citywide curfew in miami goes into effect. all residents must be in their homes from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. take us through the exact instructions of this issue. >> reporter: it starts at 10:00 p.m. tonight and goes to 5:00 a.m. there are exceptions, for people going to work or any emergency. but this area has already been a ghost town. take a look behind me. i know it's a little difficult to see because it's far away, but that's i-95, and normally it is a parking lot during rush hour. right now we're only seeing a few cars here and there. the same thing with the miami river. that's the body of water that you're looking at. on any given friday and on the weekend, it's usually filled with party boats. not the case today. i've only seen a few boats come and go. but this is the hot spot for the coronavirus for the state of florida. more than 50% of the coronavirus cases in the sunshine state are in the counties of miami-dade, broward and palm beach

cnn's brynn gingras is live in new york for us. brynn, you don't want to raise people's hopes. perhaps that's beginning to tilt in the right direction, but the needs are still desperate. >> reporter: yeah, fingers crossed, john, that's where we are today. officials are asking for this constant need not just for today or tomorrow or even the next day. it's because this surge hasn't stopped. it's really weeks from now they're still going to need all this material. but listen, all these field hospitals that are going up around new york city, it is literally changing the landscape of this city. we have this one here behind me. i'll talk about it in just a second, but we've also learned the center where the u.s. open is played is also going to be transformed into a hospital. we're also learning that fema is sending 250 ambulances to the new york city area to deal with the crush that's on those first responders, along with 500 paramedics. so that's good news there. but yes, let's stick you inside this hospital. we have a look with video. this is a hospital that was set up by a christ

there's no way to get around, brynn. thank you for reporting on all of this for us. >>> we want to bring in rodrigo kong from staten island university hospital and dr. moros coe, the director of infectious diseases at university of alabama birmingham. nice to see you both this morning. it dr. kong, i want to start with you. your hospital as well, are you starting to see the predicted surge in patients that we've heard about? >> good morning. first i'd like to start by saying thank you to all the frontline health care workers working out there today, all the people taking care of the patients day in and day out. everybody from environmental to the clerks, to the techs, to the nurses, the mps, the pas, the docs, logistics tex, everybody, thank you for doing what you do. we're beginning to see the surge and it's quite troubling. i think there's a huge rise in positive case this is new york and the united states. luckily for our hospitals, i think the community around us has actually taken heed of this. many of those cases t

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>>there was brynn gingras reporting for us tonight from new york and in georgia, one man with coronavirus is now living under quarantine in s hospital room. clay bentley is being treated in a town st outside lanta. he says when he came to the hospital they coronavirus but a few ys m for later. he tested positive. >>so that's home on monday. progressed get worse and next few days. well i want to call h. just on he dais get worse and are so you know that only immediately backed. so get back to the hostal the night. that. tension, the cdc. it started doing test you know cameback. >>right now he says he's being tread for viral pneumonia in th of his lungs. he's on oxygen. he says he did t travel outside of the country and does not know how he g the virus. >>for 4 zone forecast we're going to take a live look outside at san francisco's embarcadero blue skies out there all clear here but not sof you go to the far south bay ief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here and hoton action there. yeah, a rain coming down across a one a one down the right now south of san jose just started moving you see

our coverage continues with brynn gingras live in new york. brynn. >> reporter: i'm going to repeat a statistic that john said at the top. 5%. what we're seeing is a shifting to testing rather than care. the high-risk patients are going to be the ones that receive a coronavirus test. this is to help alleviate some of the pressure that's on hospitals and medical offices and also really just to save on equipment. we're also starting to see, as you can see behind me, blue tents erected at public hospitals across the city. this is also another step to try to alleviate the pressure on ers and to have a safe space for testing. this all happening as the mayor has said, sounded an alarm that this city is going to run out of medical equipment very soon. president trump ramping up federal assistance and deploying the national guard to california, new york, and washington state. >> through fema the federal government will be funding 100% of the cost of deploying national guard units to carry out approved missions, to stop the virus. >> reporter: the pres

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>>and that was brynn gingras reporting for us tonight.l the coronavirus epidemic is really creating a sense of urgency among some people to get things that need doing done regardless of the circumstances kron four's maureen kelly talk to a couple who threw together a last minute wedding. they got around to it and they included some extra safety precautions. >>the strains of the winning margin is backyard setting with the most traditional things about john and megan but tara's wedding wednesday, the couple got engaged in december and sent out a save the date for september but the fast-moving coronavirus instill them with a new sense of urgency to get hitched now. >>one day he said hey i can get you on my insurance that's just going to court house and they can be part of this. >>i rest but when they're appointment to get married at the marine county courthouse was canceled. their friend who is a legal minister of the universal life church volunteer to officiate she stood 6 feet away from the bride and groom and wore face masks, they kept th

so far brynn has the story. >>13 people have died at this hospital in queens.yorker to get tested for the coronavirus the numbers in the city are still rapidly growing. but the nation's top infectious disease expert says studying what's happening here could give clues to help reduce infection rates in other parts of the country. it's accelerating there are other parts of the country which we need to get a better feel for what is going on. >>and the way we do that is by increasing testing and identifying people who are infected isolating them getting out of circulation and then do contact tracing. >>new york governor andrew cuomo reports there's early signs showing stay at home measures are working. >>social restaurants. know nonessential workers. yes they are burdensome. by the way they are effective and the evidence suggests at this point that they have slowed the hospitalization nationwide this uh medical staff are fearful of working in hospitals overloaded with coronavirus patients and the shortage of personal protective equipment makes their already difficu

let me get over to brynn gingras. she's been following the very latest on these new announcements coming from new york, coming from new jersey and connecticut. brynn, we just heard new restrictions and new actions being put in place just now from andrew cuomo. what's the top line? >> reporter: yeah, and this has been how the governor has acted. essentially, really, it's important to know, kate, he said we have to do this because criticizing the federal government saying they're not doing enough. and really, the big headlines that come out of this, kate, is the fact that the three states, the tri-states, new york, new jersey, connecticut, have banded together and sort of said that they are now going to shut down a lot of places in order to really get control of this coronavirus. so, essentially, restaurants that sell food, they'll be able to do takeout-only orders. bars that don't sell food, just alcohol, well, they're going to close, as are gyms, movie theaters, casinos. and the idea here, as cuomo nicely put it, was

brynn gingras is there. tell us, brynn, the latest numbers today and what means for the response there in new york. >> reporter: yeah, well, the numbers just keep going up, jim. new york, obviously, as you said, the epicenter of this coronavirus in all of the united states. we've heard from the medical professionals saying the crush they're feeling on the hospitals. we're on the ground here in queens and we can see it for ourselves. let me show you behind what we can see. you can see there is a whole line of people with umbrellas in line in order to get to a tent, which is an annex, really, to the emergency room. jim, when have you ever seen this line of people just trying to get to the emergency room? this has been copied and pasted to hospitals all around new york city and areas around here. really, this means now that new york has changed its focus to only testing people who are at highest risk. basically, people who are coming in wanting to get tested, wanting to know if they had the virus, but they were

can you hear me, brynn? we lost brynn gingras there in new york. we'll come back to her, but let's go to louisiana now because this is clearly becoming a national problem. there are multiple hot spots around the country. the state there seeing a big increase in cases and deaths in the last 24 hours. the u.s. surgeon general is calling new orleans a hot spot nationally. cnn's diane gallagher is there with the very latest. diane, there has been a lot of focus on mardi gras as a possible accelerant to the spread in new orleans but also in the state of louisiana. what are the latest numbers there? >> jim, you mentioned the surgeon general, his prediction that next week things will ramp up even more. that is why they're trying to move in action right now. the convention center, which obviously opens up a lot of old wounds in new orleans, 15 years after katrina, that's what's going to be used for beds for covid-19 patients. 120 beds will be put in, and eventually it will hold up to 1100 beds. last night the governor, almost stern and angry sounding, said

let's go to cnn's brynn gingras. she's live in new york where the number of known cases really spiked overnight. brynn? >> reporter: that's right, john. new york city seeing a sobering numbers this morning. a thousand cases over the last day. governor cuomo thinks this state will see tens of thousands of cases. yes, part is due to more testing. it reemphasizes the impact this is going to have on the health care system. we're really seeing that everywhere. as you said, john, more nurses are being asked to come out of retirement and states all over. we're seeing army hospitals going to both coasts. we're seeing a hospital in georgia having to make their own surgical masks. the president along with other government officials are saying we are at war with this virus. >> president trump signing a w new -- >> it's the invisible enemy. always the toughest enemy, the invisible enemy. we're going to defeat it. >> the navy deploying two ships, one headed to new york city where the mayor says there's a dire need for additional

we want to begin our coverage with brynn gingras live at elmhurst hospital in queens, new york. brynn, the president himself said the images from these hospitals, this hospital in elmhurst moved him. it's probably what pushed him, in part, to making the decision to extend the restrictions until the end of april. >> reporter: yeah. i mean, we've been here last week, john. it is pretty traumatic just to see this constantly going on. the president also mentioned in that news conference yesterday this insinuation of hoarding going on with personal protective equipment without bringing any facts behind it. i can tell you there's no hoarding going on inside this hospital where the need is one of the biggest in the entire city. health officials say this e.r. and e.r.s across the city are twice as full. the ic units are three times as large at this point. hotspots not only here but popping up across the country as dr. anthony fauci has said, now is not the time to be complacent. president trump pushing back hopes to end the virtual national shutdown by easter. >> we will be extending ou

. >> cnn brynn gingras joins me from new rochelle. and brynn, tell me everything you know. >> reporter: yeah, brooke, we're on main street new rochelle. it is quiet at this hour and likely more quiet in two days time when the national guard comes to town and starts that two-week containment period. as you laid out for viewers, the idea is to shut down areas of large gatherings. that is not necessarily to tell people to stay in their homes unless they've already been given that order by public health officials, it is more of shutting down those areas with where people gather to help contain the virus within this area. which is really a hot spot, the governor calling it likely the biggest cluster in the entire united states. so, like you said, the national guard will come to town and schools will shut down and businesses and church, synagogue and the list hasn't been laid out just yet between the state and local officials here on the ground. but we expect to hear more about that in the very near future. and when the guard is here, the n

so let's begin our coverage in new york with brynn gingras. she is live at a makeshift hospital that has been built in new york's central park. explain how this works, brynn. >> reporter: this area of central park is used for people who want to exercise, relax. there's baseball fields nearby. coronavirus literally changing the landscape of new york city. i want to show you the tents behind me. there are 68 beds for coronavirus patients, overflow from a nearby hospital. it's held from a christian group out of north carolina. this has governors across the country are pleading for more supplies and more personnel. new york governor andrew cuomo sending a desperate plea. >> i am asking health care professionals across the country, if you don't have a health care crisis in your community, please come help us in new york now. we need relief. and we will return the favor. >> reporter: earlier some relief arriving to new york city in the form of the naval hospital ship comfort. on board 1,000 beds and more than 1100 medical personnel ready to treat pa

>> brynn, thank you. millions of americans, meantime are struggling with layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts and turning to the federal government for help. they remain in limbo as the senate hits a major roadblock on a stimulus plan. joe johns is live with the latest there. joe, good morning. >> good morning, erica. it is not over yet. it did fail on a procedural vote last night in the senate. but they'll be back at it again today. the senate back into session around noon eastern time to try it again. tempers are flaring during the negotiations for what could be the largest stimulus package in the history of the united states government. $1.8 trillion. the arguments are going along predictable lines. democrats arguing that this package does not do enough for families and workers and republicans arguing that if the package helps companies, at the end of the day, it helps workers as well. there is a lot at stake here. especially during an election year. there are great concerns to the united states senate and

brynn gingras is in new york with a number of cases keeps soaring. brynn, we have been talking to you every day, you're outside a hospital that is just one indicator of this. 13 people died, just in 24 hours. tell us what that scene is like. >> it is worse every day, jim, right? we have been here all week, and we have slowly been seeing it and to hear that from the hospital, that that's actually what we were sort of fearing, it happens. and it is probably going to keep on happening. i want to get out of the way so you can see this line. this is the best way we can show it to you right now is seeing all these people waiting in line to get care. this is the type of line you would see, you know, wrapped around disney world for people to get on their favorite ride. this isn't the line you see -- that's what's happening right now. this particular hospital is having to actually get patients out of here, into other hospitals, because the demand is so big here. remember, the governor said the hospitals aren't going to agree to their apex until three weeks fr

brynn? >> reporter: alisyn, good morning. john just said it new york city is the largest in the country. mayor bill de blasio said he thought he would never have to close the schools. they close for two weeks. in this case a month. sometimes for the rest of the school year. i think a lot of americans can relate to bill de blasio and are making decisions they never thought they had to make to navigate this new reality. the reality of a sweeping coronavirus pandemic setting in for many americans. >> we are in essence, home isolating. 5.3 million people. we're guided deeply by what's happening. not just by anxiety or fear -- >> new york city's mayor closing all public schools until at least april 20th. impacting 1.1 million children. >> there is a real possibility that by closing our schools now, we may not have the opportunity to reopen them in this full school year. >> as the city took another drastic step, limiting restaurants and bars to takeout and delivery service. mirroring efforts taken in states like illinois and ohio a

let's start with brynn gingras. she's joining me now. brynn, you are focused in on what millions of americans are going to be going about their work in a very different way. what are you picking up? >> reporter: first it was companies limiting travel, don't go outside the country, now they're saying the next phase, saying, can you work from home if at all possible. the governor and the mayor asks employers can you shift the hours, can you shift the days your employees work? just in new york city to not have such an impact on rush hour because of the congestion on subways and the commuting overall. these are the sort of changes that are going to start evolving, especially coast to coast. bigger companies we've seen ask for telecommuting. of course, google, amazon, facebook and microsoft. they're asking employers if they can to work from home. everything is sort of shifting and evolving, again, from that don't travel to now stay at home if you can work. of course, the thing here, though, only big companies, really, can ask their employees

brynn gingras is live at elmhurst hospital in queens. a horrific 24-hour period there, brynn, with 13 deaths. what's the latest? >> reporter: yeah. john, i mean, that's the grim reality of what we are seeing here on the ground. it's not going away. the demand is still there. it's not going down. as you can see behind me, this line started forming earlier this morning. it's even longer at this hour. people waiting in the cold to get care. the hospital tells us every day they're working to increase the capacity of this hospital by flooding it with nurses and doctors and equipment just to keep up with this demand. 13 people have died at this hospital in queens while outside it's swamped with new yorkers waiting in long lines to get tested for the coronavirus. the numbers in the city are rapidly growing. but the nation's top infectious disease experts says studying what's happening here could give clues to reduce infection rates in other parts of the country. >> it's accelerating. there are other parts of the country which we need to get a b

brynn, if not longer. >> reporter: that's right. it's undetermined at this point. we're going to have to see how it goes according to the mayor. alisyn said that new york city is the largest school district in the entire country. when the mayor announced the decision to close schools, he said it was a painful one and a decision he never thought he would have to make. there are schools across the country, john, closed for a couple weeks. in this case, in new york, it's a month for now. in other case, it's for the entire school year. i think a lot of americans can relate to bill de blasio at this point and are making tough decisions they never thought they had to make as they navigate this new reality. >> the reality of a sweeping coronavirus pandemic setting in for many americans. >> we are, in essence, home isolating 5.3 million people. we're guided deeply by what's happening, not just by anxiety, not just by fear. >> reporter: new york city's mayor closing all public schools until at least april 20th. impacting 1.1 million children. >> there is a real possibility

our coverage begins with brynn gingras who is live in new york city this morning. to hear officials talk about new york now, brynn, is chilling. >> reporter: it really is. you know, the focus really is about opening up those hospital beds because as you've noted so perfectly, those numbers just keep going up. we're seeing those field hospitals being built. we're seeing those more demands for personal protective equipment and ventilators and we're seeing the governor actually tell hospitals that they need to increase their capacity by more than 50% in the very, very near future. this as the president is pushing to restart the economy as soon as next week despite all the warnings against his own health officials. new york city's now the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic with more than 13,000 cases identified here. >> no one wants that distinction, not a single one of us, but it is true and that's why we so desperately need help, particularly from our federal government, to get through it. >> reporter: the white house coronavirus task force revealing the virus has

our brynn gingras is in new rochelle. and brynn, governor andrew cuomo is actually deploying the national guard to help there. tell us about this. >> reporter: yeah, we're expecting to see them tomorrow, brianna, but we're already seeing the effects of this containment. there are schools that are shut down, places of worship that are closed. there are even some small businesses who aren't getting enough business that say they're voluntarily closing at this point, especially within that containment zone. and really, this is all an effort, again, to contain the virus, which the numbers here have just escalated, ever since that second case we learned about from a 50-year-old lawyer from this area of new rochelle just a couple of weeks ago. and yes, the national guard is going to come in. we're learning that they're going to help clean schools, clean public places, also hand out food if people need it who are in quarantine. remember, about 1,000 people are under quarantine just within this town. so, the big thing, though, off

brynn, what's the latest? >> reporter: hey, alisyn. good morning. new york city seeing that sobering number overnight. about a thousand new cases in the city. governor cuomo thinks we could see tens of thousands of new cases. that doesn't mean everyone is will need hospitalization. but the fact is, this emphasizes the impact this will have on the health care system. we're seeing that everywhere. not just westchester county, alisyn. states are asking nurses to come out of retirement. hospital -- going to both coasts. a hospital in georgia having to make their own masks because they're about to run out. the president and other government officials saying we're at war with this virus. >> president trump signing a new coronavirus aid package into law after weeks of downplaying the scope of the pandemic. >> it's the invisible enemy. it's always the toughest enemy, the invisible one. we're going to defeat the invisible enemy. >> the u.s. navy deploying two hospital ships. one heading to new york city where the mayor says there's a dire need for additional

>> brynn gingras there, thanks very much. we'll continue to keep you on top of things from new york. >>> joining us now from washington with more on the president's thinking on this is cnn white house correspondent john harwood. let's be fair here, john, everyone can understand the point that the economic pain from this is very real. people are out of work, they're concerned they don't have savings, et cetera. that's part of the decision-making here is the effect on the economy. question, of course, is when you relax those restrictions, what does that mean for the health effects of this, the health effects have their own effect on the economy. where is the president's thinking here and is that easter date something that he really wants to hold himself and the country to? >> reporter: i actually don't think so, jim. i think he's preserving some maneuvering room there. a lot going on in president trump's head as you can see from his twitter feed this morning, all sorts of childish statements about mitt romney and others. but th

what's the latest, brynn? >> reporter: alisyn, later today, we're going to see national guard trucks in the streets trying to provide resources to the area to help stop the spread. it's the next step in trying to really contain this virus. of course, there are steps being taken from coast to coast by communities and by americans who are changing their lives daily making tough decisions in order to battle this pandemic. >> in new rochelle, new york, the governor deploying the national guard to enforce a one-mile containment zone to help stop an outbreak. >> only two ways that countries have reduced the numbers. massive quarantine or massive testing. >> washington's governor banning social gatherings of more than 250 people near seattle. the state has the highest rate of coronavirus cases in the country. >> is it demand a response consistent with the nature of the threat. these events that are prohibited are gatherings for social, recreational, spiritual and other matters. >> the number of cases is expected to r

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the governor says it is probably outside the largest cluster in the united states, our brynn gingras is in new york and our senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen. and there is more of what is 100 cases now outside of new york city. all eyes have been on the pacific northwest and washington state. tell us more of what we know about the containment plan of this cluster. >> this is a very dramatic move by governor cuomo. he was from new rochelle and the cases kept ongoing up ever since that positive test. that's the area we are talking about. the containment area. it will be a mile radius of new rochelle. schools are going to be closed and large facilities like places like worships are going to be closed and businesses will be closed. the national guards are going to come in and help bring food to people in their home and clean out public areas, all for a two-week period beginning of two days. we'll talk about disruption of life. it is going to be a serious disruption of life as this particular area as you said the governor is saying this may be possibly the biggest cluster that

what's the situation this morning, brynn? >> reporter: yeah, alisyn, americans are waking up and realizing that, really, now there are massive closures all across the country. states and the cities within them are taking more and more aggressive action by the day. here in new york, the governor says there is no shutdown or shelter in place for a particular city in the state, especially new york city, on the table at this point, but we know the cases, they continue to rise, those numbers, this as the top infectious disease doctor says it could be several weeks before we know if all of these closures has an impact. as businesses continue to close in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, many americans are looking for help. >> the unemployment requests, first-time requests for benefits that are coming in literally this week as we sit here are overwhelming. >> reporter: the white house promising they're working on a solution, which could include sending checks to people who need it. >> americans need cash now, and the president w

brynn? >> yeah, john, the clock for the two-week period of this containment period has started. we already have seen some schools closed. there are public places that are being shut down, like places of worship, the national guard as you said is going to be coming in, helping disinfect some of the public places, also hand out some food. there is a testing facility that is going to be inside this containment zone. all in an effort to sort of contain this virus in this area of new rochelle, a community which the governor has said is likely the biggest cluster in the entire united states. now, we are about a mile and a half outside the center of that containment zone, a temple where we know a 50-year-old lawyer who tested positive who didn't know at the time, but did attend services at that temple and after that, it sort of snowballed. his family tested positive. his neighbors and more and more cases. listen to how the governor characterizes the situation here. >> it just so happened that it started with one or two cases. they were then a number of convenings in that community that

there's no way around that, brynn. thank you so much for that report there on the ground in new york city. president trump has picked easter as his target date for reopening the economy and for people getting back to work, which is 18 days from now. let's talk with dr. wilbur chen, an infectious disease specialist at the university of maryland and also a member of governor hogan's covid-19 task force in the state. i just wonder, doctor, easter. 18 days from now. how comfortable are you with that? >> um, not comfortable in a nutshell. i think people are going stir crazy. they're feeling cabin fever. i can understand that people want to get out there. i understand that businesses want to reopen. but on the other hand, i think that in this situation, i'm really concerned about an acceleration of the infections that we're seeing nationwide. >> and i wonder when you hear the president talking about this goal -- and look, we've heard from a task force, a coronavirus task force, a white house source, who is saying that is mor

brynn, i'll take it there. i live not far from new rochelle. people in the entire county are hoping it doesn't spread too far from that one-mile containment zone. >>> one of the other major developments, the seattle times reports that the governor of washington state will ban gatherings of more than 250 people there. if you want to know why, look to boston. the count in massachusetts doubled overnight. in 70 cases in massachusetts, they're now linked to one single conference. athena jones live for us in boston for us with the latest on this. athena? >> reporter: good morning, john. as you mentioned, governor charlie baker declared a state of emergency here on tuesday easing access to federal aid and issuing new guidance to present and mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. that guidance includes canceling all conferences or holding them virtually. this coming after the new cases brought the total to 92. 70 are related to a meeting held here last month by biogen. a pie biotech company based in cambridge. they reported almost 200 managers from a

cnn's brynn gingras, she's following this. she's at macy's, the company's flagship store in manhattan. what are you hearing about the restrictions in place here and also the suggestion coming from mayor de blasio? >> reporter: yeah, and the thing is, kate, it's a different story from coast to coast. here on the east coast, outside this macy's, dan saw those si s signs -- lines outside a walgreen's, and we saw the lines outside a macy's. macy's, other retail stores, they can remain open right now, so the question is will they eventually have to be closed like you're seeing in san francisco? will the mayor take that action? will the governor take even more action? the governor just had a news conference and he says he's not resistant to anything at this point. but as far as a quarantine to really lock people in, to have some sort of lockdown, he said that's just rumors at this point. take a listen. >> we hear new york city is going to quarantine itself. that is not true. that cannot happen. it cannot happen legally. no city in t

our national correspondent brynn gingras joins us again with the latest. what are the numbers telling us, what are the doctors saying this morning? >> reporter: yeah, poppy and jim, good morning. listen, it is all hands on deck. that is what governor cuomo is essentially saying has to happen here in new york. you almost get emotional looking at the comfort coming into new york city's port with the red crosses and american flag, and hope fortunatefully it does pro comfort for patients but comfort for the health care workers, the nurses, the ems, and the doctors. more than 2,000 deaths are attributed to this state alone. it's the grim reality. we're seeing resources flooded into hospitals not only in the city but across this entire state. it's needed. in fact, it's needed so much it might actually run out by the end of the week, according to new york city's mayor. we know just within the new york city hospital system, the ers are double the capacity of what they typically are, the icu units are three times larger than what they typically are. you'll see that

. >> cnn brynn gingras is in new rochelle. what is the governor's big message and how are things going there? >> i want to be clear of what the governor was saying. he's saying the state of new york has plenty of tests. got plenty of these. the issue is actually running these through the system to find out if there is coronavirus or not that's what he's begging the federal government to take the reign off and let private labs be able to automate tests because you got these going through by the dozens up to by the thousands. that's the issue he's focusing on at this point and really wanted to make clear. yes, i am at the end of the this drive-thru testing facility, it is on an island at new rochelle. we are no longer allowed at that island and only people who are getting the test. they are driving over here up on this bridge. behind me we see carloads of people and we see individuals and basically once they are over that bridge, they are greeted by health personnel and they are wearing full hazmat suits and protection. they go

brynn gingras is at liberty airport in new jersey. lots of international flights where you are. what is this screening process like? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. brianna, first let's go over those high-risk countries as set by the trump administration. we're talking parts of italy, south korea, china and iran. those are the high-risk countries as of yet. that could be expanded as the outbreaks around the globes continues. there will be dual screens for international travelers from those four countries. travelers, before they get on the plane, they are going to be screen screened, then once again once they are stateside. that screening process seems to be a series of asking a lot of questions, about where you have been, but also in some cases getting your temperature checked as well as other things. over the weekend we learned more about what the trump administration is doing, expanding that travel ban to iran. this is essentially for people traveling to iran. if you've been there the last 14 days, you won't be allowed back into the united states. we also heard vice president

brynn, tell us what the latest is. >> reporter: guys, kids should be playing baseball on that field at this point and it's a hospital in central park. it's incredible to see. it is all hands on deck according to governor cuomo, as you gave that grim statistic, a thousand deaths, because of coronavirus here in the state alone. i can tell you the hospitals in new york city the epicenter like elmhurst, behind me, we are talking about equipment and personnel and we're hearing that the emergency rooms across all hospitals in new york city have doubled in the amount of patients they're seeing. the ic units are three times larger, that is the reality of what is happening here on the ground, even still the mayor of new york city just said on "new day" on sunday it will be d-day here in new york city. they will run out of supplies, the need is still greater than ever. of course, like you guys just said, we have the "usns comfort" coming to new york city docking later this morning. we have the 68-bed field hospital being set up in central park for covid patients only, and also we're learning tha

let's begin in new york with cnn national correspondent brynn gingras. tell us what it is like in new york there. just the scenes of seeing tents going up in central park to treat the affected. just amazing. >> yeah. it is just -- it is. it is amazing. coronavirus is quite literally changing the landscape here in new york city. it is different. it is very different. not only do we have a giant military hospital ship in our harbor, but we have tents up in central park, we also just got word, guys, that the u.s. open where that is played that tennis center, that's also going to be transformed into a hospital with about 350 beds. we're also learning about fema working with the city to get 250 ambulances here and staff to deal with the surge. but let me talk about this hospital here behind me. in central park, a place where people usually are sunbathing, when it is warm out or exercising. now it is a hospital from a christian group that came up here over the weekend and brought with them all these tents, 68 beds will be able to be utilized by covid patients

>> brynn gingras there, thanks very much. across the country, hospitals they're worried about a shortage, shortage of ventilators, that's key to treatment for the most severe cases, personal protective equipment, the masks and so on. other medical supplies. with me now, cnn's senior investigative correspondent drew griffin. drew, what's being done to address that shortage? this is a consistent message from state governors, mayors, regardless of party saying we're going to reach a point where we don't have enough. who is responding and what's being done about it? >> well, the good news is there is a response and supplies are increasing. the bad news is, jim, the increasing supply is chasing this exploding demand across the country. pef basically right now in the united states rationing of personal protective equipment being used at hospitals from coast to coast and hearing from not just medical workers and doctors calling us, but actual hospital associations who are telling us that they are restricting some of this use. the un

brynn gingras is in new rochelle where testing is underway. what can you tell us? >> reporter: we have seen a number of cars coming through here. what's happening is behind me you can see people keep your windows close as a safety measure and police with masks on. they assist these cars and telling them to head down to the island where the testing is happening. three tents set up with six different lanes so cars can go through. they don't have to get out their car. they are swabbed by a medical personnel which go to a viral and sent out to a lab and takes 24 or 48 hours for results to come back. the state can do 200 tests daily. they are boosting that capacity by next week to have 5,000 tests done here. they are prioritizing those tests. we know about the test shortages to people in new rochelle because there is a cluster here and hopefully they can expand that to residents of this area and those who needs the test most. >> brynn, thank you so much. >>> joining me now is dr. paul sa sacs. thank you so much for being here. where is the country testing and where does

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our brynn gingras joins us this morning. what is the state of play in the city that is suffering the most from this right now, just at least in terms of sheer numbers? >> reporter: yes, sheer number that, in fact, poppy, we are starting to see the landscape of new york city change before our eyes. you guys mentioned comfort. in new york city's harbor, we have the javits center that's now going to be a hospital. we learned this morning that the place where they play the u.s. open, the tennis center, that's being transformed into a hospital with 350 beds. of course, you have this hospital behind me, a smaller version field hospital, but still transformed right here in central park where people typically go to exercise or sunbathe on a nice day. this hospital transformed just in days. a group out of north carolina, a christian group, came up here on saturday, and we're hearing patients will start going inside today. 68 beds in all. there is also a small icu unit taking patients, really, from all of the five burroughs, again, ju

cnn's brynn gingras has the story. >>13 people have died at this hospital in queens.l outside its swamp with new yorkers waiting in long lines to get tested for the coronavirus the numbers in the city are still rapidly growing. but the nation's top infectious disease expert says studying what's happening here could give clues to help reduce infection rates in other parts of the country. it's accelerating there are other parts of the country. >>which we need to get a better feel for what is going on and the way we do that is by increasing testing and identifying people who are infected isolating them getting out of circulation and then do contact tracing. >>new york governor andrew cuomo reports there's early signs showing stay at home measures are working. >>social restaurants. know nonessential workers. yes they are burdensome. by the way they are effective and the evidence suggests at this point that they have slowed the hospitalization nationwide this uh medical staff are fearful of working in hospitals overloaded with coronavirus patients and the shortage of perso

. >>> brynn gingras is at a new york hospital with patients brimming at the seams. tell us what that means at just one hospital trying to cope with this. >> reporter: yeah, jim, this is the center of the epicenter. that's what we're seeing right now, ask thatnd that's what the hospital has described itself, basically, as. we just saw within the last 24 hours 13 deaths alone at this hospital. it's an incredible crisis that's happening on the ground here. the queens, the burrough, in new york city that has the most coronavirus cases. we're seeing about ten people go in at a time to those two tents. those are the triage tents. places where those patients who sometimes have been waiting here for hours, they were lined up before 5:00 this morning when we got here. came here to get a test or they're actually going to see a doctor. that line just never slows down. that's what we're seeing here on the front lines. you know, there are reports that inside the er here at this hospital, it's being described as apocalyptic. i can tell you, jim, just being outside here all week w