delia gallagher in rome. thank you, delia. >>> coronavirus has now spread to more than 100 countries and territories. globally the number of coronavirus cases tops 113,000. more than 4,000 people have died. in asia where the outbreak began, cases appeared to be declining. south korea reporting the highest daily numbers and china has the lowest number since mid january. cnn's david koehler is live for us. david, what is the reason we're seeing this decline now after so many weeks? does it speak to just the passage of time or is it about the containment efforts? >> reporter: i think the government here would say, look what delia just showed you in italy and the lockdown effort that's underway there. and that's something that some people have described as a china lockdown effort. they have been going through that for nearly 7 weeks. nearly that amount of time in wuhan and encompassing several areas. that's what they're touting as the reason behind the most recent successful numbers going down. what we have to loo

delia gallagher, thank you for that. the -- it's interesting how many leaders of countries have now contracted the virus. >> right. somebody at the new jersey port authority. >> absolutely. >> all of these people in key positions who are talking to, shaking hands with people. >> people wonder why president trump hasn't gotten tested. >>> still ahead, bernie sanders needs a big night in michigan, no doubt, or his campaign will have a tough choice to make. can he pull off another surprise to slow joe biden's momentum? sleep this amazing? that's a zzzquil pure zzzs sleep. our gummies contain a unique botanical blend, while an optimal melatonin level means no next-day grogginess. zzzquil pure zzzs. naturally superior sleep. super emma just about sleeps in her cape. but when we realized she was battling sensitive skin, we switched to tide pods free & gentle. it's gentle on her skin, and dermatologist recommended. tide free & gentle. safe for skin with psoriasis and eczema. calf-shredding shoes with special rubber platforms de

cnn's delia gallagher is live in rome with more for us. delia? >> reporter: that's right, laura. total now of 28,000 cases nationwide and, of course, half of those are in the north. so the north is really still under quite a lot of pressure. the focus now in the north is on hospital beds. they are building a new temporary hospital with some 400 beds according to the president of the lombardi region. an american ngo called samaritan's purse has come over to the town of crimona. they are building a 60 bed temporary hospital. there's also been a call for blood donations. that has become important in all of the regions throughout italy, especially in the north. the prime minister yesterday announced 25 billion euros to go towards this crisis. they say that's the first step. there will be another one in april that will go towards health care, but also wages for workers who are finding themselves right now without their monthly salary. pope francis as well on sunday walked the deserted streets of rome. he left the vatican briefly in the afternoon and he went to two churches in rome. on

delia gallagher is live for us. hi, delia. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. difficult numbers were announced yesterday with some 3,400 people who have died from the coronavirus. the ministry of health released a report just the day before yesterday kind of analyzing the numbers of those who had died. they said the medium average age of those who had died was 80 years old and that many of them had two or three conditions prior to getting coronavirus and that italy, of course, has a large elderly population so that may also account for these numbers. now it's interesting that the vice president of the chinese red cross was here in italy yesterday and among other things he said that the peak in wuhan arrived after one month of lockdown. they started to see the numbers go down. the northern regions of italy have been in lockdown since march 8th so we're still very much in the midst of watching these numbers rise. we're at 41,000 right now. experts aren't really trying to make any kind of predictions if it continues to follow the chinese model, then obviously they

so far italy has reported more than 6,000 coronavirus deaths, and cnn's delia gallagher joins us now live from rome. good to see you, delia. so the numbers are still shocking, it has to be said, but we are seeing a new trend that is perhaps giving italy some hope right now. talk to us about that. >> reporter: that's right, rosemary. of course we are still very much in the heart of this crisis with very high numbers, but what has happened in the past two days is that we have seen a slight decline in the number of total cases and in the number of deaths. officials are saying they are cautiously optimistic about this, but of course it is not time for italy to let its guard down. we are at the two-we can mark, rosemary. this is when we wanted to see these numbers go down. they hope, obviously, that trend will continue. the health assessor in lombardy, which has been hardest hit, even the slight decline has helped to boost morale on the ground so that is important. they are obviously policing very much all around the country. there have been drones flying over the beaches here in rome to m

let's begin with delia gallagher in italy. umber of deaths in the past day staggering, almost 1,000. what are things like in italy. >> reporter: listen, jake, on the numbers, statistics are pointing to the fact that these patients are overwhelmingly elderly, with two or three underlying health conditions. only 1% of the patients who have died are under the age of 50. so of course we know italy has a large elderly population that may be playing a factor in these high numbers. other countries with different demographics may not see the same kind of death rate, we hope. the number that a lot of experts are looking at right now is the question of positive new cases. and with the exception of yesterday, we've seen that go down. so that has led experts to say that there is cautious optimism. we had the president of the italian health institute say that italy may not yet have reached its peak but that he thinks it should happen in the next few days. so that is obviously an important number that the experts are tracking here, jake. >>

delia gallagher is in rome for us. and delia, we will start with you because i mean the number of dead in italy, it's too many to count. it just seems to keep getting worse. what can you tell us? >> reporter: the latest are 4,032 people that have died from covid-19. the total case numbers in italy stand at some 47,000. of those who have died, we have one report from the ministry of health that takes a look at the data of those patients and says that the average median age of those on have died 80 years old. 98% had one or more underlying issues. we know that italy has a very large elderly population. so the convention in these early days from authorities is that that has something to do with the high right. death. another interesting statistic out of that report is that the average age of those who contract the disease in italy is 63 versus 46 years of age in china. that also goes to the hypothesis that this is something that is affecting at least in italy those who are holder. the big push now this weekend is on gettin

>>a dire situation and a warning for the world delia gallagher cnn round. of silver lining during this pandemic thers this air pollution is down especially across europe. the european space agency published some new images a show dramatic declines in nitrogen dioxide major cities, including paris milan and rome. that's compared to average concerations from a year ago dioxide is the pollution that forms when fossil fuels such as coal oil gas or diesel. >>our burn the travel sector has ground to a viral standstill because of the coronavirus acrdg to the world travel and tourism council, 50 million jobs could be lost that sector accounts for 10% of the global gross domestic product, and analysts predict it could take 10 months for that industry to recover after the pandemic is finally over apple has created a way to screen yourself for coronavirus see app and website will ask you about your symptoms. >>and then give you information on the virus. it's all thanks to a partnership with the centers for disease control and prevention fema and the white house corona

many thanks to delia gallagher, joining us live from rome. now to al in madrid. cases, al, have surged across spain. what's the latest on those numbers? >> reporter: hi, rosemary. we are expecting the latest figures in a couple of hours' time. the government had been giving out the figures twice a day, midday and evening. now they've gone to just once a day. that's coming up around noon spanish time. the current figure's more than 11,000 cases. that's a huge increase from just a week ago, and nearly 500 deaths. now, a couple of images from spain. i'm right in the city center. there's almost no one here. what we saw earlier this day, military troops, army troops patrolling. now the police are back out patrolling. they want to make sure nobody comes here. a five-minute walk from here is the spanish parliament. it's the weekly question-and-answer period for the prime minister. i just saw him walk in on the television with the health minister and interior minister in charge of all the police and security forces. there are about 20 people in the parliament because eve

and cnn's delia gallagher joins us now from rome. good to see you, delia. the numbers are shocking, but there appears to be a glimmer of hope in the small italian town where this outbreak began. what more are you learning about that? >> reporter: that's right, rosemary. the town in northern italy which was one of the first to report a cluster of cases and has been on lockdown since the end of february yesterday reported zero new cases of the virus. and indeed, countrywide, italy's seen its third consecutive day of a decrease in the number of positive new cases. of course, this doesn't mean that anyone should be letting their guard down. the health authorities here are really trying to get the message across that it is more important than ever to be vigilant. take a look at how some of italy's mayors are trying to get that message across. italy is enforcing one of europe's strictest lockdowns. no one is allowed outside, unless it's for an essential reason, but not everyone is sticking to the rules. >> translator: ping pong is not allowed! go home and play on

cnn's delia gallagher has been following this story about italy from rome and it just seems like every day when people are looking for good news, it just doesn't come, delia. >> well, that's right, natalie. this has been a difficult weekend here in italy with the high death tolls. you know, out of the 4,800 total dead, 3,000 of them are in the lombardy region. it's one of the richest regions in italy and has the best hospital structures. so, obviously, there is concern that were these kind of numbers to spread to other regions in italy, if lombardy can't handle it, it would be difficult for other regions. one official did say that experts had warned them that this weekend, which is two weeks from their lockdown in the north, would show some of the worst numbers. and that their hope is that by monday they will see a reduction in infections and in deaths. you can imagine that it has created solidarity throughout the country. there was a call for 300 doctors to go to the north from other parts of the country. they got 7,000 responses on that, natalie. so certainly italians stepping up try

delia gallagher live in rome with the very latest. italy asking for help now. e rest of the world has its own problems with coronavirus now, delia. >> reporter: that's right, john. these numbers are still very high here in italy, but what's important to note is that sunday's numbers were actually down with respect to saturday, down by 800 total cases and 150 deaths. that is significant, john, because we are at the two-we can mark of lockdown. this is what they're calling the crucial week in italy when they want to start seeing those numbers decline. yesterday it was a very small start. we'll be watching to see if that trend continues. international help, as you were mentioning, is arriving from cuba and russia. 52 cuban doctors and nurses arrived here yesterday. a russian military jet with eight teams of doctors and equipment also arrived. the kremlin says they have another 100 doctors ready to go. the u.s. defense official clinic says that they have been asked by the italian defense ministry to also help out with ventilators and equipment masks. they have also

delia gallagher reports now on what experts are calling a preview of what could happen here in the unitedtes. >>in some of northern italy cemeteries there's no space left for the dead killed by the coronavirus hospitals are crumbling under the sheer number of patients and us experts warn this disease could crple italy strong health care system. the us could be next. >>essentially got out of hand and became difficult for them as good as they are and they're very good to be able to contain is in a way that is contact tracing all that kind of thing it was more mitigation how do we deal with what we have they're in a very difficult position. >>doctor show us operating rooms in a hospital in northern ity turned into makeshift intensive care units. barely conscious patients. doctors and nurses pushed to the brink. they now have to choose who will live and who will die some medics have described it as watime tree on edge patients with the highest chance of survival get priority. and it's doctors nurses and emergency workers who are exposed to the greatest risks at least 39 medical professionals

cnn's delia gallagher is live in rome. situation in italy really escalated quickly it seems. >> reporter: well, that's right. of course, there was a spike in the numbers over the weekend so the government decided to install these new measures which italians really woke up to and have to scramble what it meant for them. there's a lockdown in the north but also in the rest of the country. museums are closed, coliseum, for example, is closed. all of your social engagements basically for the next few weeks are suspended. they don't want any major gatherings in any place throughout the country. people are trying to get used to the recommendation of staying three feet away from others in public spaces. as you can imagine, not a lot of people are going out. that is affecting, as well, tourism, restaurants, hotel industry. so tlsz also economic concern for these new regulations. in fact, just a few moments ago we had a statement from the finance ministry saying that they are putting in place some measures to help support workers a

cnn's delia gallagher is live in rome for us. hi, delia. >> reporter: hi, laura.heartening numbers. 3,405 deaths from coronavirus. on those numbers, the day before yesterday the ministry of health gave some numbers of those who had died saying the average median age was 80. 30% were women. many of them had two or three prior health conditions but, still, those numbers are not looking good for italy. italy has a very large population which may have something to do with it. a definitive analysis is yet to be done obviously because we are still in the very midst of the crisis. the vice president of the chinese red cross was here and he said in wuhan at the one month mark of lockdown they began to see their numbers decline while in italy we've been on ten days of a total countrywide lockdown. clearly the expectation is we have not yet reached the peak of those numbers. one other point that the officer from the red cross pointed out from china is that he saw that stricter measures needed to be enforced in italy and that sort of echos something that the regional governo

delia gallagher, cnn, rome. >>> all of this as the head of the white house coronavirus response says u.s. is keeping a close eye on italy's social distancing attempts. >> we're looking closely around the world specifically by italy, because they are reaching their two weeks of clear social distancing and looking at the impact. we are seeing the number of deaths starting to decline. >> with me now is carlie drinkwater. she moved to italy to become a teacher there. she's now using a blog to chronicle what's been an unprecedented experience. welcome, thank you so much for talking with us. what's it look to be in italy right now? >> thank you for having me. it's really surreal to be here at the moment. it's not normal life by any stretch, where effectively under house arrest. we're like prisoners now. we have to be inside all the time. the only time we can leave is to buy food from the supermarket on you go to the pharmacy, because those are essential needs, but that's not done freely either. you have to take i.d., you have to take a self-declaration form. it has to be signed with all yo

delia gallagher, we'll see you again. >>> as we mentioned. >> the u.s. government has approved a covid-19 test that could speed up the verification of new infections. that kit promises to deliver test results in just 45 minutes. but, as cases soar in the u.s., past 25,000, there are new guidelines on testing. melissa rainy has the details on that. >> the number of coronavirus cases climbing as tens of thousands of people have been tested. and now some doctors are signaling a shift in testing strategy. >> not every single person in the united states needs to get tested. >> reporter: health officials in los angeles and new york city are recommending doctors avoid testing patients except in cases where the result would significantly change treatment. >> when you go in and get tested are you consuming personal protective equipment, masks and gowns. >> reporter: this as the alarm is sounded, masks and gloves are starting to run out. >> we absolutely feel like we are in this alone as doctors, nurses, paramedic and hospitals. >> reporter: the white house task f

delia gallagher has more. >> reporter: in some of northern italy's cemeteries there's no space left for the dead killed by the coronavirus. hospitals are crumbling under the sheer number of patients and u.s. experts warn if this disease could cripple italy's strong health care system, the u.s. could be next. >> it essentially got out of hand and it became difficult for them, as good as they are, and they're very good, to be able to contain it in a way that is contact tracing, all that kind of thing. it was more mitigation. how do we deal with what we have? they're in a very difficult position. >> reporter: in this exclusive footage given to cnn, doctors show us operating rooms in a hospital in northern italy turned into make shift intensive care units. barely conscious patients. doctors and nurses pushed to the brink. they now have to choose who will live and who will die. some medics have described it as war time triage. patients with the highest chance of survival get priority and it's doctors, nurses, and emergency workers who are exposed to the greatest risks. at least 39 medical pr

al goodman is standing by in ma drirk drid, swain and delia gallagher. every day that you and i do this and you give us a report, there's always hope that it's changing for the better, but it's just not. >> yeah, we're in the second week today of the lockdown in the north, and we're just two days shy of the lockdown countrywide, natalie. but the numbers are still climbing. in particular, the death toll you were speaking about, boris johnson saying don't go visit your mother for mother's day. imagine here you can't be with your mother in her final hours because they're in isolation. these patients who have died. and you cannot have a funeral afterwards for the patients who have died. in some cases like in bergamo in the north, you can't even bury your loved ones in the same town. they are taking coffins out of that city because their cemeteries are full to bury them in neighboring towns. it's a very dramatic situation. especially for the loved ones of people that are dying. the health ministry continues to say that age is an important factor in this high

delia gallagher is in rome. what the progress of the outbreak is there, for americans watching at home, one reason is because the u.s. numbers at least early on seemed to be tracking italy growth rate. what is happening in italy today? >> well, look, jim, what is happening we're up to about 600,000 total cases. what is important to note are yesterday's numbers, that is that with respect to saturday, they showed a slight decrease in total number of cases, down about 800 total cases, and about 150 deaths. that is significant, jim, because we have reached the two-week peak for lockdown. sunday was two weeks from the lockdown in the north, wednesday will be two weeks from the total country-wide lockdown and this is what they're saying is the crucial week for italy, that they want to see the numbers start to decline. so even though that's a very minor decline there reported on sunday, we're watching those numbers to see if that trend continues, that's what experts are hoping to see. as you mentioned, jim, the u.s. de

cnn's delia gallagher is live in rome.s like the situation is getting worse by the day. >> reporter: well, look, laura, it's a really trying time right now. a lot of italians we've spoken to they can't remember a time like this where you have a lockdown in the north with checks on people coming in and out of those areas, but also in the rest of the country as of yesterday we have museums closed, historic sites like the coliseum closed. all social engagements are off for the next 3 1/2 weeks. public spaces closed. it's affecting the daily lives of italians here with the consequent concern with the economic repercussions in the tourism industry, restaurant, hotel business. a while ago we had a statement from the finance ministry saying they are going to help support workers and those industries that are going to be affected by this temporary economic downturn. but the message from the prime minister on down to the italians is to accept this temporary disruption in their daily lives, at least for the next 3 1/2 weeks in the h

. >> i'm delia gallagher in rome. the vatican announced today they have their first case of the coronavirus. a person in their health clinic tested positive for the virus on thursday. no explanation by the patient was given. the vatican has temporarily closed their health clinic in order to sterilize the area. vatican citizens, priests, nuns and cardinals that live in the area, as well as their families. >> i have the very latest on those cases by the world health organization. 12 cruise members of a boat have been found to have the coronavirus upon his return home. 12 cruise members have been quarantined on that boat, and at the end of that testing, they have been found to have the coronavirus. their families now being quarantined as well to see if they haven't passed it on. they themselves in an isolated hospital in order to get the treatment that they need. this latest news brings the number of cases in egypt to 15. >> i'm alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. there are fears all over the world about the cor

cnn's delia gallagher live in rome with the very latest. ohn, so we've gone from sunday lockdown in the north of italy now the entire country on lockdown. what this essentially means is schools are closed, public events are off. you can still move around in your city, although you're being encouraged to stay indoors. if you do move around outside you have to maintain three feet of distance between people. bars and restaurants closing at 6:00. we saw a rush on supermarkets last night after the prime minister made this announcement. government is trying to tell italians that transport of goods is guaranteed. pope francis slightly bucking the trend this morning. is he live streaming his private mass to the rest of the world and he told his priests go out and be with the sick. of course, there's great concern also for the health infrastructure. we spoke yesterday to the coordinator of the intensive care units in milan and he said they have a tsunami of patients. they are reaching a critical point there putting patients in corridors. lombardi has

. >> reporter: i'm delia gallagher in rome. italy not yet reached peak here but the cases are slowing down and he hopes to see that peak in the coming days. italy now has more than 80,000 total cases with more than 8,000 deaths. of course, pressure is still on in the hospitals, particularly in the north. more than 6,000 health care workers have contracted the virus and 45 doctors have died. >> reporter: i'm matt rivers in mexico city where we see a spike in cases up 110 since yesterday. may not seem like a lot but that's a 23% increase. the federal government has shuttered its own non-essential offices, non-essential businesses and schools, and yet still a lot of people out on the street and some are still getting misinformation. it was on wednesday that the governor of the state of puebla in mexico told reporters that poor people can't get this virus despite that basis having not i scientific fact. >> reporter: xi jinping talking overnight and acknowledging need for cooperation. president xi extending an offer of support to th

so far more than 600 have died in italy and more than 10,000 cases and delia gallagher is there and howtalians reacting to this just unprecedenteded lockdown by government? >> reporter: well we're out here in rome's pratti neighborhood, this is an area why at 8:00 at night it would be buzzing with people coming back from work and going out to restaurants and bars. i don't know if you could see but there is nobody on the streets behind me. a few cars coming around because people can go out to work. if that is really strictly necessary. but we saw people are more or less abiding by the the government's plea really to stay inside as much as possible. not to gather in groups if they're outside and to stay about three feet away from each other if they do have to go outside. a lot of the italians i've spoken to today, this is the first full day of lockdown for the whole country. said they're happy to abide by it because there is a fear here of the virus coming to other areas. it is already reached other regions but in the north where they've had the most severe cases, they have the best healt

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delia gallagher in rome. >>> apart from italy, spain has the second highest number of cases. al goodman joins us. clearly spain is bracing for the worst. >> reporter: it is, john. the figures that we have are 20 hours old already. the government until a couple of days ago was releasing the figures at midday spain time, in the evening spain time. now we have figures from 20 hours ago, 11,000 cases and nearly 500 deaths. the significant figure there is the death rate shot up pretty significantly from a day earlier. about 300. i'll give you a sense of how this order for the people to stay in is now being enforced. we've had the police, city police and the national police telling people to get out of the square if you don't have authorization to be here. this bus has brought in a unit of army soldiers who are patrolling around here. their idea is to reinforce the police because the idea is to keep people separated and make sure that everybody understands that you can't go out unless you've got an authorized activity. now the economic worry is growing as people have had time to si

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delia gallagher there in rome. cnn's jim bittermann.t was just a few days ago when the president emmanuel macron was scolding the population for not taking this viral outbreak seriously enough. what's happening now? >> reporter: well, now they are taking it seriously because in fact the real measures, the real lockdown measures took effect yesterday at noon and the fines if you're out and about without this special form that you're supposed to be carrying at all times, the fines start today. the police are going to start enforcing it. 100,000 police across france have been mobilized for this. one of the things that's interesting this morning, john, is our sister network bfn has done a poll just to see how the french are feeling these days about coronavirus and 81%, that's to say up 20% from just five days ago, 81% feel that it's a very serious problem and they're worried about it. and even more importantly, 93% say they are in favor of the kind of lockdown measures that are being talked about and are now in place. so it is amazing sort