bars after they had initially been part of the state's reopening plans now meanwhile the florida health department has also reported close to $9000.00 new cases on friday and that's the highest one that's the highest single day in. that florida has reported and florida has also had earlier entered into face who are reopening but is now deciding to suspend all alcohol consumption and bars since people really flocking to the bar throughout the state without a proper social distancing guidelines on the florida governor has also once again announced that he will not mandate facemask requirements throughout the state now moving over to arizona which has so far reported more than $66000.00 cases and is really in a state of prices as one in 5 tests are coming back positive brand now meanwhile arizona public health officials say that the state's i.c.u. beds are nearly all full which is why arizona's governor is pleading with the citizens to stay at home if at all possible but once again has not impose statewide facemask requirements and brant right now whether all this increase that we're seeing will be m

and she launched a dashboard of her own, which uses markedly different numbers than the florida department of health does. rebecca, great to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> so you had this controversial parting with the florida department of health that most of us remember back in may. you say they wanted you to manipulate the data and then they said you were insubordinate. you have decided to crunch the numbers and put out your own dashboard with the data and yesterday, you put out some very damning tweets of what you say florida is still doing. let me just read to folks at home. you say, i have multiple sources at the department of health who have just told me that they have been instructed to week to change the numbers and begin to slowly deleting deaths and cases so it looks like florida is improving next week in the lead-up to july 4th like they have quote made it over the hump. next tweet, i have independently verified they have deleted at least 1,200 cases in the last week. they're only reporting all of the cases now so they can restrict reporting next week to make everyone thin

concerns of the folks out there, they didn't feel they had the support they needed from the florida health department. doctors without borders in a very rare case of setting up in the united states actually was helping those here until the florida department of health finally reacted and said doctors without borders have left. we had a chance to speak to one of the farm workers to get the feeling of the pressure they felt. here is what she all had to say. >> translator: when when he all co we all come together, we're all very close together. how do we pay for rent, water, electricity and pay for our cell phone? >> reporter: when the doctors without borders was here in the part of florida, this is collier county, florida, they noticed their tests showed 37% of those people tested actually tested positive. that compares to at the same time what the state was doing about a 4% to 8% recognition of positive tests. so clearly a hot spot here, authorities say has them somewhat concerned but also has some representatives in state government upset wondering why was there not the initial health department atte

. >>> florida's health department reported a grim milestone today. state just surpassed 100,000 cases, confirmed cases of coronavirus. let's go to cnn's correspondent rosa flores joining us from miami. miami is requiring people to wear masks when they're in public. update our viewers on the latest developments. >> reporter: yes, wolf. the city of miami requiring masks in public effective immediately. according to the mayor here, francis suarez says it's because of the number of cases of covid-19, the number of hospitalizations. the number of people that are requiring ventilators as well. he says that there are several zip codes that are of most concerning including little havana. in those zip codes, the city of miami will be issuing masks for those individuals that don't have one. all of this as florida meets this grim milestone. more than 100,000 cases in the state of florida. this as the median age of the covid-19 patient in the state of florida plunges. it used to be 65 back in march. now according to the governor, most of the cases are now betwee

the florida department of health mind ease concerns. >> we are not here to deport you.e are not here to ask for your identification, or asked for any papers. we are here to protect your health or well-being -- and well-being. >> know people are scared and they will not want to leave their area. >> at the request of the coalition, doctors without borders, now on the ground in immokalee. it's rare that the humanitarian organization works on u.s. soil. >> the idea you can get tested in walking distance of your home, where somebody speaks your language, really alleviates a lot of the fear, helps educate people, decreases the stigma. >> but until now, there were not enough tests to go around. with from doctors without borders, the florida department of health, just this week, announcing regular testing will begin for anyone who wants one. symptoms or not. by the end of may, fewer than 10% of people here had been tested, and not before thousands more migrant farmworkers left following harvesting jobs in northern states. >> if there are no workers in the fields because people

florida to address the growing concern. in part because the complaints were that the florida department of health had seemingly overlooked communities like this. that has now straightened out. the doctors without borders have just shut down. the florida department of health has opened up testing sites and added hours on the weekends as well as during the day, giving people access to get tested to determine whether they have coronavirus and also to address their needs if they are sick. stephanie? >> kerry, thank you. >>> i want to head to new york city where my colleague dasha burns is standing by. new york city entering phase two. what can we expect? >> well, stephanie, we're in the heart of times square right now. if you take a look around here, we are still a pretty far cry from prepandemic, new york. normally i'd be getting bowled over by tourists and commuters. there are more signs of life here even than a few weeks ago when phase one first began. mayor bill de blasio says around 300,000 people could be getting back to work during phase two. as retail stores, you see behind me, h&m has their lights on. retail stores can start we

florida. the mayor of the city of miami, francis suarez, saying he used to have one call with the florida department of health and now he's having two calls with the florida department of health because of this surge. now, when asked if he would consider reinstating a stay at home order he said that all options were on the table. >> all options have to be on the table. you know, what we see in the hospitalizations going up, the icu beds going up, the ventilators are going up, still with sufficient capacity but going up it's worrisome. we do have that tool in our tool box if we need to. but we're hoping we don't have to because of the devastating impact that it has on our economy. >> now, mayors in multiple cities and counties here in southeast florida upping enforcement to make sure they can do what they can to stop the spread of covid-19. here in miami beach where i am, officials say that they have closed at least four businesses in past week in the city of miami officials there are able to now fine people who are not wearing masks out in public. and in miami-dade county which accounts for 25% of all the cas

3000 mark it's a similar story in other states including texas and right here in florida the florida department of health is reporting more than 6000 new corona virus cases today with the state now up 215-2434 kovan 1000 cases and climbing i just refresh that number that's the latest and that could go up certainly through the evening florida set a one day high as we've been telling you with more than 959500 new cases saturday and then another 8500 sunday and the concern is that the 4th of july weekend could shatter even more records and that's why miami dade and broward counties announced the beaches here will be shut down starting july 1st that's friday through july 7th . over texas texas is also seeing a record jump and coated cases with the governor there once again closing bars and limiting service at restaurants texas like florida was one of the last states to implement covert restrictions and one of the earliest to reopen well now in texas just like arizona the tone has shifted with state officials including the governor urging people to wear masks now heading out west to california governor of a n

basically the woman who created what's called the cobra 1000 dashboard not the state of florida the florida department of health has we've shown it to you a lot it's a real fancy dashboard says all the cases. it shows you the overall trend of hospitalizations well she was fired by the state state officials say she was insubordinate but she said she refused to. 5 post misleading information and not post some of the data that the state had in particular antibody testing incorporated into overall positive cases well she created her own code in 1000 dashboard that basically contradicts the state's information she says there's more than 90000 positive cases by taking the overall positive antibody test factoring that into the equation bottom line is this manila there has been a spike anyway you look at it however you want to play with the numbers on friday alone on june 12th alone there was more than 2000 new cases here in florida that's the highest if you look at the trajectory hospitalizations have gone down but since the reopening in the past basically 3 and a half weeks we've seen that spike and that is a concern

as every day is bringing or for the most part record numbers here in the state of florida the florida department of health to bring you up to speed is confirming now as i'm looking at the numbers here 540-5409 new cases just today and that's just literally coming in i just updated this about 10 minutes ago so these numbers are very new so 5400 new cases of coven 1000 today in the state bringing the state's total 214-6003 141 and look that number may be even higher at this point so we're waiting for these numbers to continue refreshing but of those new cases 1508 were here in miami dade county where there are now more than 35000 confirmed 1000 cases now florida set a daily record with kovan cases on friday with more than 9500 that day alone and as i reported friday the demographic with the most infections according to the state remains the 24 to 35 year old age group of florida governor rhonda santas broke down the numbers let's take a listen are median age of new case began in the sixty's in march for most of the pandemic in april and may was in the low fifty's so half the cases run to 50 half the cases w

florida's economy. ownemployee has built her website after being fired by the florida department of health. says she is no longer willing to massage the data. the state said she did not listen to her superiors. to be thet need person who manually gone in and say this is the most trusted information for resource in this state. i would do it again. reporter: officials eight younger people getting the virus means shorter hospital stays, but in a state with a large elderly population, florida is getting a potential resurgence of the coronavirus. host: let's get an update from gabriel elizondo. the u.s. president maintains the reason cases are going up is because or testing is being done across the country. that is partially right. as one doctor said, you are never going to gain or lose weight if you never step on a scale. the president is correct and awake, there is more testing going on at that is partially why you are seeing more positive cases. say the president did not is that in many states according to doctors and number crunchers, the data that we are seeing, the rate of positive cases i

and she launched a dashboard of her own, which uses markedly different numbers than the florida department of healthecca, great to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> so you had this controversial parting with the florida department of health that most of us remember back in may. you say they wanted you to pu

. >>> in florida the department of health has issued an advisory that masks should be worn by everyone across the state but the governor has not made it mandatory. some workers at disney world have launched a petition to reconsider plans for a july reopening. days of record case numbers have pushed the statewide total past 100,000. in louisiana where the numbers are following the governor says the state will not re-enter phase 3 for a month. >>> tai change of venue, the university of michigan is pulling out from hosting the debate. the university of michigan is concerned about throngs of the outbreak. officials in florida have shown less resistance to big gatherings despite the pandemic. >>> former president barack obama is going to help his former vice president. he says this is a critical moment in our history urging people to, quote, fight together and create a more just, generous and democratic america. >>> another night of angry protests at the white house. they tried to take down the 15 ton statue of andrew jackson. the bhaz black house autonomous zone were spray painted onto the

alarming numbers on covid-19 and florida health department meanwhile now has announced over 100,000 confirmed cases of the virus in that state alone. >>> in geneva, the w.h.o.'s chief is saying that the health emergency programs there have been addressing an uptick in parts of the u.s. >> what is clear is that the increase is not entirely explained through just increased testing. there is some evidence of increased in hospitalizations. >> this also comes while senators schumer and murray claim president trump is sitting on $14 billion in virus testing and tracing fund. the president, meanwhile, is clashing with former national security adviser john bolton who commented on whether he would speak to house investigators now. >> democrats subpoena you, will you testify? >> let's see what they decide to do. >> let's see. well, let's go to washington. we're just learning that the white house is no longer conducting the mandatory temperature checks for journalists who enter their grounds and also not being given symptom screenings upon arrival. that had been the approach for months. we are joined in

because they're fighting in florida, the health department with the governor, because he doesn't want them to report how many beds are filled. he just wants to deal with patients. now help us understand something. why would he want to draw that distinction? how does that help him? >> i don't know anymore, chris. i've been trying to figure out and i find what i end up doing is trying to justify some of these things. there is no rational explanation for this. the fact of the matter is that the virus is causing significant amounts of illness. if it were just testing that were leading to an increased number of people being infected, you wouldn't have this significant surge in hospitalizations. i was talking to my 12-year-old about that and she got it right away, she fundamentally understood it. i think people get that, right? this isn't just about the testing. we are going to run into a situation. i remember you and i talking when this was happening in northern italy. i have friends over there. they would call the hospital and say, hey, my husband, my wife is having difficulty breathing.

health scare teens with symptoms of covid-19 taken to the hospital some even being placed on ventilators but test negative for coronavirus instead it's discovered they were sick because of vaping the florida department of health recently announced nearly 120 cases of vaping-related lung illnesses statewide and last month it was reported teens hospitalized in the orlando area with covid-19 symptoms turned out to be affected by vaping according to the cdc 5.4 million middle and high school students reported using e-cigarettes in 2019 about one 0.8 million more than the year before florida's attorney general says the damage vaping may cause to gun laws is even more devastating when combined with covid-19 she says parents should talk to their children about how they ping may put them at increased risk of suffering the more harmful effects of the novel coronavirus for today's health minute. i'm mandy gaither. experts say the best way to prevent your child from vaping has to be equipped with the facts know about vape devices and the risks. >>talk to your children about those risks and also what you expect to see your child do. also be a good role model said an example by being vape and tobacco free. still

florida's economy one former employer. now built her own coronavirus website after being fired by the florida department of health she says she was no longer willing to massage the data the state says she didn't listen to his superiors i don't need to be the person who manually gone in and change data to say hey this is the most trusted resource for information in this state and it says that it's because it did. so now i do it again officials say younger people getting the virus means shorter hospital stays but in a state with a large elderly population florida is facing a potentially deadly resurgence of the corona virus and a gallacher al-jazeera miami florida let's bring in alan fresh for his joining us from just outside the white house and the u.s. president alimentation that the reason cases are going up in parts of the u.s. is because of increased testing. and he's tweeted that again just in the last couple of hours as he makes his way to wisconsin a place there is also seeing a surge in cases many people making the analogy that if you don't test for pregnancy then the number of pregnancies will fall that's how they

florida's economy one former employees now built her own. doris website after being fired by the florida department of health she says she was no longer willing to massage the data the state says she didn't listen to his superiors i don't need to be the person who mainly gone in and changed to just say hey this is the most trusted resource for information in this state and it says that it. has it. so now i do it again officials say younger people getting the virus means sure the hospital stays but in a state with a large elderly population florida is facing a potentially deadly resurgence of the coronavirus to gallacher al-jazeera miami florida let's get an update from deborah is on to his joining us from new york in the u.s. president's maintains that the reason cases are going up because more testing is being done across the country yeah well that's partially right but as one doctor said he said only half jokingly said you're never going to gain or lose weight if you never step on a scale to weigh yourself so the president is correct in a way that there is a lot more testing going on and that is partially why you're seeing more positive cas

data to make the case for reopening florida's economy one former employees now build her own coronavirus website after being fired by the florida department of health she says she was no longer willing to massage the data the state says she didn't listen to his superiors i don't need to be the person here. mainly gone in and changed to just say hey this is the most trusted resource for information in this state and it says that it's it has it. so now i do it again officials say younger people getting the virus means shorter hospital stays but in a state with a large elderly population florida is facing a potentially deadly resurgence of the coronavirus and the gallacher al-jazeera miami florida now scientists say they've discovered a massive object that could be a black hole around 800000000 light years away from earth it was identified last year and is around 2 and a half times the weight of the sun scientists believe it could either be the smallest black hole ever discovered or a collapse star either way scientists say the discovery reveals more about how objects are formed in space. and let's take you through some of the other headlines we're fo

the numbers released are by the florida of department health 8,942 cases in the state of florida, again shattering the record after two consecutive days of more than 5,000 cases. this brings florida's total to 122,000 122,960 coronavirus cases to date and experts on the ground of what's considered the epicenter here in florida, here in miami-dade county, are very frustrated because of the mixed messaging that they have seen from the federal and the state levels. here on the ground local officials, mayors, are doing what they can to make sure that they can encourage, enforce the basic rules like wearing a mask, washing your hands, the social distancing, the city of miami mayor francis suarez was on our air earlier today talking about the increase in it the hospitalizations and the increase in need for ventilators here in miami, and he was asked the obvious questions, because these numbers continue to grow and the surge continues, would he consider reinstating a stay-at-home order. here's what he said. >> would you consider a stay-at-home order in miami again? >> alisyn, all options have

with the fourth of july holiday approaching, public health officials worry about tourism hotspots. flori florida department of health reporting 5,000 new cases and miami-dade county with a 27% increase in positive covid cases. >> reporter: we just heard from another hospital system who's also seeing an increase in cases, aventura hospital seeing more covid patients and younger and expert put it very clearly. this uptick, this increase is due to young people going out, partying, not wearing masks and then going home and intermingling with parents, grandparents and going to work and spreading this virus. we checked the numbers. here in miami-dade county, we are seeing a 27% positivity rate yesterday. the goal for the county is 10%. for past ten days the county exceeded 10%. again yesterday 27% positivity. here in jackson, jackson health, one of the largest health systems in the state, they're reporting a 108% increase in the number of hospitalizations of covid-19 patients in the last 16 days. there's a lot of concern here in miami-dade county, the mayor announcing yesterday of an outbreak in south miami-dade

about what you just talked about in the intro this spike in the number of cases so the florida department of health is reporting that right now and this number has obviously been going up there more than 61000 cases of. throughout the state with more than 1400 cases being reported thursday alone that's the highest spike in cases in infection since march when really it started getting bad here in florida and the 3rd day this week that the state's daily total of new cases surpassed one thing. 1000 so far there's been more than 2600 reported deaths attributed to cove and 19 and more than 10000 hospitalizations statewide but here's the thing state health officials are attributing the increase to more testing being done the increase in testing and the option and the ability for people to get the test done and not necessarily an increasing infection rate that's because while the overall number of positive cases has spiked the past couple days the overall percentage of positive kovan 1000 tests out of all the results being reported has actually declined over the same period of time as the state tests more

florida is pretty much over. so jim, they're heading to states like alabama and georgia and according to governor desantis the florida department of health is now in communication with those states because these cases could be crossing state lines. jim? >> yeah, remember when florida was blocking people from other states that had outbreaks from coming in to florida. rosa flores in miami, thanks very much. here's what else to watch today. >> there's a place where a man born on the other planet makes a singer born to be a star. where a big bang meets a ba-da-bing. meets a guy named bing -- >> can i interest you in the sarcastic comment. >> it's where all hbo makes the greatest collection of movies and shows and new max originals for the family. hbo max, where hbo meets so much more. >>> time now for the good stuff. during the pandemic, a toddler and a train conductor in massachusetts formed a special bond. 3-year-old jake loves trains so every day he would wait on the platform for the commuter train to come by with his buddy troy thornton on board. the two would s hello to each other. and the daily drive-byes did wonders for both. >> then

florida farm workers were at risk for covid. but people with the florida department of agriculture and the health department are actually disputing that the rates are rising because of farm workers. many farc workers are actually en route to other places across the country. the new numbers coming in with the covid outbreak they're saying it can't be because of farm workers, because many farm workers are moving to other places in the country. >> nick, what type of protection do these farm workers need in order to be able to do their job, to do it safely and to keep their families safe? >> i just want to second the surprise is so surprising to watch and eastern know farm workers are composed of primarily and probably only latino workers. that's, it's just a surprising thing to hear when we've been warning them over three months now, but there's even just the bakes from masks which we've been working on, to distancing, social distancing that they're not even allowed to do while harvesting crops. we're not even talking about the transportation, which you heard the governor bring up, squeezed on to buses. we need social distancing on

florida, georgia, south carolina, and nevada all hitting new daily highs yesterday. on saturday, the florida department of healthnnounced 9585 new cases bringing the total infections recorded in early march to 132,545. with that daily high, that state alone is approaching what the entire nation of italy had at its overall worst. but florida governor still said there are no plans to mandate face masks to help stop the spread. okay. here is what we know from past experience. it's a pattern. first come the confirmed cases, then the increase in hospitalizations. arizona set a record yesterday with 2,577 covid-19 hospitalizations. in texas they set a record for the 16th consecutive day with 5,523 patients currently being treated. it's been a rapid rise since memorial day. governor greg abbott saying in hindsight he wishes he maybe would have done things differently. >> if i could go back and redo anything, probably would have been to slow down the opening of bars. now seeing in the aftermath of how quickly the coronavirus spread in the bar setting, and, you know, how bar setting in reality, it just doesn't work with

. >> reporter: in florida the department of health reported nearly 9 thousand new cases and it has been a record-breaking week were nearly 20% of the new cases our patients between 25 and 34 years old >> and now we are more of a mass testing. that is a good thing because every asymptomatic case you identify if they follow precautions and isolate, they will lowered the spread. >> reporter: spread among young people who may be infected but do not show symptoms is a big concern. asymptomatic systems can spread the virus without knowing it. vice president pence is half of all new cases are people under the age of 35. >> alerting them that there has been spread among that age group be a continuous tragedy. >> reporter: vice president pence will head to florida, texas, and arizona next week. fox news. >>> facebook is making a big change in light of the growing boycott sponsors. facebook says that will crack down on posts that violate its rules even from president trump. rex zuckerberg says he has repeatedly refused false statements or altered video. the people deserve to hear unfiltered state

florida. today another 5,000 mark, more than 5,000 cases reported by the florida department of health and just yesterday and during a press conference florida governor ron desantis doubling down saying he's not going to require masks statewide, but here's a reality on the ground. we talked to an expert. she put it like this. it's very simple. there are a lot of young people in the state of florida who are out and about partying, not wearing masks, not social distancing and then going home and intermingling about their parents and grandparents, going to work and mingling with their co-workers and spreading this virus. we checked the numbers here in miami-dade because miami-dade is the epicenter of this crisis here in the state of florida, and just yesterday there was a 27% positivity rate. now, you've got to listen to this because the goal for the county is not to exceed 10%. they have exceeded 10% for the past step days. when it comes to hospitalizations jackson health reporting a 108% increase in the number of covid-19 patients in the last 16 days. leaders here are concerned. the mayor of mia

florida and 92 more deaths from coronavirus than what the state is reporting. joining our discussion now is rebekah jones, the former manager of data and surveillance for covid-19 at the florida department of healthvery much for joining us tonight. and how difficult is it for you to get the real numbers and produce these real numbers for floridians? >> well, luckily for me it's not too difficult because i built the original dashboard, so i know exactly where to look. other people aren't so fortunate, and so if they wanted to try to find these things, they would have to download thousands of pages of a pdf report and extract every single table and chart from it and then aggregate it to the county level and then compare it against a whole other set of metrics. and because i built the data in the first place, i knew how to recreate all of that a lot easier than anybody without that insight would be able to do. >> and what has been the state's reaction to you basically doing this on your own? >> i don't really think they are in a position tow ha have a rean anymore after, you know, they fired me from refusing to do something wrong and then publicly defamed me and have since been quieter about it luck

florida's economy one former employees now bill. own coronavirus website after being fired by the florida department of health she says she was no longer willing to massage the data the state says she didn't listen to his superiors i don't need to be the person who manually gone in and changed to just say hey this is the most trusted resource for information in this state and it says that it's because it did. so now i do it again officials say younger people getting the virus means shorter hospital stays but in a state with a large elderly population florida is facing a potentially deadly resurgence of the corona virus and the gallacher al-jazeera miami florida indio has also seen a record number of new virus infections for a 2nd consecutive day with almost 17000 reported in just the last 24 hours the country now has over 473000 cases and almost 15000 people have died after contracting the disease the capital new delhi is causing a major concern and authorities will carry out a home screening over the next 2 weeks the government predicts cases in the capital could expand to more than half a 1000000 by late july europe has seen an incre

data to make the case for reopening florida's economy one former employees now built her own coronavirus website after being fired by the florida department of health she says she was no longer willing to massage the data the state says she didn't listen to his superiors i don't need to be the person who manually. on an unchanged day to just say hey this is the most trusted resource for information in this state and it says that it's because it did. so now i do it again officials say younger people getting the virus means shorter hospital stays but in a state with a large elderly population florida is facing a potentially deadly resurgence of the corona virus and a gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. time for you weather here's everton and it's monsoon season in east asia yeah that's right we've got this usual situation pay to where you do get those rains causing as many problems as they solve but we made the right you can see this long line of cloud across china this is the station monsoon that's been fading some very heavy downpours in across central parts of china across the east china sea pushing over towards japan follow that line of cloud her

data to make the case for reopening florida's economy one former employees now build her own coronavirus website after being fired by the florida department of health she says she was no longer willing to massage the data the state says she didn't listen to his superiors i don't need to be the person who manually gone in and changed to just say hey this is the most trusted resource for information in this state and it says that it's because it did. so now i do it again officials say younger people getting the virus means shorter hospital stays but in a state with a large elderly population florida is facing a potentially deadly resurgence of the coronavirus and the gallacher al-jazeera miami florida especially a serious kristen salumi who's in new york for us kristen the experience of both florida and texas showing that the pandemic is far from over especially in the south. yes some 27 states are seeing rising infection. dr anthony fauci the white house special advisor is warning that the next 2 weeks will be crucial to containing that spread and as you said earlier texas one of the states is seeing a big surge in cases now actually causing its reo

florida's economy one former employees now build her own corona . morris website after being fired by the florida department of health she says she was no longer willing to massage the data the state says she didn't listen to his superiors i don't need to be the person who manually gone in and change data to say hey this is the most trusted resource for information in this state and it says that it's because it didn't. so now i do it again officials say younger people getting the virus means shorter hospital stays but in a state with a large elderly population florida is facing a potentially deadly resurgence of the coronavirus and the gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. up to 12000000 mexicans are estimated to have dropped out of the workforce because of the pandemic many are in danger of falling into extreme poverty john holeman has that story from mexico city. wasn't the give voters are exhausted after a normal day search for food. if you want to see how cove it's affecting the poorest in mexico they invite you to the 2 rooms this family they share the national treasure but summers is unless we start at 10 am and come home at midnight just looking

he says that he's going to have the florida department of health publish public service announcements. now i asked him if he was going to have masks be mandatory in the state of florida. and he says no, he said that that's going to be up to local governments. >> all right, from miami, thank you. let's go to kyung lah in scottsdale, arizona. and you know, a similar issue there. and i know a number of mayors in arizona are taking action in response to the increase in cases in arizona. what will are they doing specifically? >> reporter: they're ordering masks. that people are going to be out and about, they're encouraging in some cases or ordering people in public places to wear masks. if you are in a place that you -- especially where you can't social distance, that's something that all the doctors in the state are saying that is something that will keep people safe. they're doing this, the mayors are, because the governor of the state has stopped short of a statewide mandate. the governor here in this state says it's just not going to work in rural areas versus more populated areas lik

yesterday florida's department of health reported 3,200 cases, seth a record-high for cases in a single day. 43 new deaths were reported, raising the statewide death toll to over 3,000. florida has raised over 85,000 cases. this comes as the states continue to ramp up testing and work to reopen their economies. >>> despite a surge in covid-19 cases in parts of the country, the president claims the u.s. is nearing the end of the pandemic. that was one takeaway from one "wall street journal" interview where he also said he would not make a dramatic increase in testing despite second-wave fears. in fact, he explicitly told the journal he thinks testing is, quote, overrated and emphasized he created the greatest testing machine in history. during the interview trump also allowed for the possibility that some americans wore facial coverings not as a preventive measure but as a way to signal disapproval of him. >>> for a first look at your forecast now, let's go to meteorologist bill karins, and not a moment too soon. i was rendered speechless in the last part about him. your turn. >> there's

. >>> florida's department of health reporting more than 5,000 new cases of coronavirus just today.t state hit record levels twice in just the last week. cnn's rosa flores is in hard-hit miami florida. rosa, in addition to increased cases of coronavirus, also there are, of course, other numbers to look at, including the percentage of those tested who test positive for the virus. >> reporter: absolutely right. the positivity rate here in miami-dade county where i am just yesterday, 27% positivity. ranked, jake, goal for the county, stay below 10%. the county exceeded that the past ten days. now, here in miami-dade county, the mayor announcing yesterday that there was an outbreak in an agriculture community in south dade where farm workers that had been very, in very close quarters had an outbreak. the mayor saying these workers don't need hospitalization, but they do need a place to isolate. so the county has stepped in offering hotel rooms so that these farm workers can isolate until they get rid of the virus. i'm here at jackson hill. jackson hill system report ag 108% increase in

florida, these numbers keep rising. we keep on talking about how the number of infections is rising and the number of hospitalizations is also rising. the latest number posted by the florida department of health. 5,511 cases which brings the number of total cases here in the state of florida here to 109,014. this as governor ron desantis continues to dig in his heels saying it's not going to shut down the economy and that he is not going to require masks to be worn statewide. we've learned of a letter that was written and sent to governor ron desantis by various lawmakers trying to encourage him to require masks statewide. locally, we do know that in miami-dade county and in palm beach county, commissioners and also local mayors making it a law and regulation here that you must wear a mask when you're out in public and this, of course, because of the staggering numbers and this area of the state, southeast florida is the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in this state. we just looked at the numbers released from miami-dade county alone, and if you just look at those numbers the positive iterate in the doub iterate 25%, in miami-dade county two weeks ago that number was 9%. the number of h

. >> reporter: florida reporting 13 consecutive days of more than 1,000 new cases. in response, the department of health advising all people in florida to wear masks when social distancing isn't possible miami's mayor saying the state shouldn't rule out another stay at home order. >> we can't take anything off the table. some of the numbers we're seeing are incredible alarming. >> reporter: arizona hit hard, setting records only a month after the stay at home order expired. saturday in phoenix, lines stretch over a mile with hundreds waiting to get tested hospitalizations also reaching a record high this weekend in texas and north carolina, where the influx in cases is pushing rural hospitals to the limit >> just having ten icu beds is a big constraint >> reporter: comedian d.l. hughley came one of the latest patients after collapsing during a performance in nashville friday night he's out of the hospital and now in quarantine. >> turns out they ran a battery of tests, and i also tested positive for covid-19, which blew me away i was what they call asymptomat asymptomatic >> reporter: in the last few we

florida. and in los angeles, the health department's director said on top of the health crisis, public healthfficials are also receiving death threats. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, miami. >> reporter: i'm mola lenghi in new york city, which is entering its second phase of reopening. >> we're looking forward to today. >> reporter: a day that's been months in the making as the city ardes another step toward normalcy, al normalcy, allowing kids on playgrounds, restaurants to open outdoor seating, and barbershops and salons to cut and style hair. all at a social distance. victor jung is managing partner at petaluma. reopening by itself is not going to bring customers back. they have to feel safe. >> the thing that we talk about as a team is you want to make sure that when they come in, it feels like a sense of normal. >> reporter: it's a stark contrast to just two months ago when the streets of the nation's most densely populated city were bare broadway shut wnss pad. and uteaer fid hosp once the epicenter of the outbreak where more than 24,000 people died, as of today less than 2% of all new york

the florida department of health reporting over 5,000 new infections monday. still governor ron desantis has not made wearing masks mandatory statewide we left it to the locals to to make decisions about whether they want to use coercive measures or impose any type of of criminal penalties, you know we're not going to do that statewide this as jacksonville joins the list of cities now requiring them in indoor spaces where social distancing is not possible. ahead of hosting the republican national convention, this august beaches in los angeles will also be closed this holiday weekend. health officials citing nearly 3,000 new cases the highest one-day total ever reported in la county this year we have to think about saving lives california is one of at least 16 states modifying or pausing their reopening plans. >>and now in arizona bars gyms movie theaters and water parks will close for the next 30 days gatherings over 50 people are also prohibited. still governor doug ducey's stopping short of issuing a statewide facial covering requirement, our expectation is

. >> reporter: now, again, the latest numbers released by the florida department of health, 2 zeshgs2,600aising it to 82,00 in the state of florida. again, gather saying doesn't change the numbers. i just emailed asking if the new number, 10.2% positivity rate changing the calculus for them. i'm waiting to hear back. >> awaiting an answer. saw it through the reopening, disagreement between the governor accelerate reopening and others saying need help with face masks, personal protection equipment, right? >> reporter: absolutely. nine mayors in texas asking the governor there to require masks, but you're absolutely right. seeing it here in miami. >> a little the mayor of miami and miami beach, very concerned about these numbers. you're looking at the same numbers, john, the governor is looking at. the governor having one reaction. local mayors saying something needs to be done. john? >> rosa flores on the ground in miami. appreciate it. there every day keeping track of the numbers for me. that's important. thank you. >>> thank you for joining us today. hope to see you back here tomorrow as

birx called the best contact tracing system in america, that the florida department of health has beene can get our contract tracers to actually track the instance down. the worst case would be having positivity rates go undetected. so that is why i'm very confident in the florida approach. charles: is there any chance that, is there any level, whether hospitalizations, cases, deaths, whatever you want to use as a metric that the state would close down again? >> we don't see any data now that would put that option on the table. again, like you say the hospitalization and intubation rates have not risen. i think frankly as we go on offense against the disease we're finding more and more asymptomatic young people technically will test positive but won't really put a strain on the system but we still need to keep doing testing like we do in florida because we don't want our young people to serve as vectors for the disease into the vulnerable populations. that is why we're doing staff testing at nursing homes and assisted living facilities. we're doing opposite of new york. we're not allow