lockwood, i'm curious. what do you make of that because you've mentioned that the average age, while younger than we saw in new york and florida, is going up a little bit, you'll hear that a lot. the idea, hey, this will eventually be carried to the most vulnerable population. >> yeah. well, in the state, the average age of cases went from 62 to 33, and now it's up to 41. i have to say that older folks in florida have been fairly compliant with face coverings and with social distancing, and there does seem to be a demographic of non-compliance if you will. that may be part of the problem with younger folks getting infected. we have not seen, and we have -- i agree with everything that was just said. in fact, nursing homes account for half of the state's fatalities. they account for about 73% of the fatalities in tampa bay, and we actually have one of the lowest case fatality rates in the united states. our case fatality rate in hillsboro county, which includes tampa, this morning was 0.9, so that is a reall

charles lockwood, dean of the university of south florida's college of medicine.wo dr. lock emma before we get into the details of florida's numbers, your reaction to what was reported. labs with 100% positivity rates? and others who aren't reporting anyrt negatives? how damaging is that to the larger picture? >> you know, i am not totally surprised. on saturday, the state did 143,000 checks when governor desantis said that we were going to triple testing back in march to 30,000 tests per day. on saturday we did 143,000 tests inin one day. that's a long task, you'll have screw ups when you have that volume of testing going on. but that's pretty disturbing. >> laura: well it doesn't inspire a lot oft content. i want to play some of the media coverage of the sun sunshine statescovid outbreak. >> we had these surging rates in florida. speak with the direll situationn the state of florida. >> in miami-dade, things are especially dire. >> a total circle of chaos taking place in the state of florida. >> of course there are rising state numbers. a lot of folks think florida is

charles lockwood. dr. lockwood, before we get into the details of florida's numbers, your reaction to what was just reported. labs with wanted percent positivity rates? and others who aren't reporting any negatives. how damaging is that to the larger picture? >> you know, i am not totally surprised. on saturday, the states did 143,000 tests when governor site we were going to triple testing back in march to 30,000 tests a day. which is what the number was that was recommended by the institute for containment. people literally laughed. and on saturday, we did 143,000 tests in one day. so that's a lot of tests that you are going have some some scw ups when you have that level of testing going on. but that's pretty disturbing pit >> laura: that doesn't inspire a lot of confidence. dr. lockwood, i want to play some of the media coverage of the sunshine state covid outbreak. >> looking at florida, we have these surging cases, the death tolls rising. >> dire situation in the state of florida. >> what we have rig

joan lockwood was planning to move when a murder ruined her plans. an ominous killer was still out there lurking and leaving joan's family living in fear. but they weren't the only ones whose lives might be in danger. here is keith morrison with "the threat." >>> tucked away in the corner of this cemetery is the final resting place of a woman called joan, barbara joan lockwood. she wasn't a famous woman, joan, wasn't rich or celebrated. she lived a quiet life in a quiet place and was buried here more than three decades ago. but oh, if ghosts could rise from their graves, if joan could speech to us now, what questions could she answer? what vision for this man, this tough, aggressive prosecutor who now fears for his life? >> this man is a threat to me. he's a threat more importantly to my family. >> some cases refuse to lie down and die. >> here we are now. >> joe lived when she lived a thousand miles south of that cemetery a few miles from the beach in l.a. in a suburb called torrence on a quiet street named sharon lane. tlgs there was joan, her husb

charles lockwood. he heads the college of medicine, nursing, public health, pharmacy at south florida university. he's also a published author and has been behind groundbreaking research in his work as an ob-gyn. doc, how dire is the situation in tampa tonight, and whenabouts will it have you thinking it's an echo of, say, new york in mid-april? >> yeah. well, we're not quite there yet. i think that we probably are seeing a little bit of a different epidemic than new york did. when you look at cases in florida, we've increased cases about fivefold, but we've increased hospitalizations now about 2.7 fold, and deaths have increased about 1.6 fold. at this point in this phase two of this epidemic, we would have expected hospitalizations and deaths to begin to match cases, and they haven't. in fact, our case fatality rate has dropped almost threefold. it's dropped in the state down to 1.7% and in tampa, it's now less than 1%. so this is an unusual situation, and the good news is that the hospitals aren't b

charles lockwood. doctor, thank you so much for being with us. i just -- when you look at these numbers, 15,000 yesterday, 12,000 plus today, i know we have been told repeatedly by the experts it is not just the case count but seeing the hospitls stressed. where is florida? how big of a problem, crisis? what's the right word? >> it is complicated. we have had a 5.4 folden crease in cases since june 10. we have had threefold increase and two and a half fold increase in deaths. each is terrible but it is a different epidemic than hit new york. we have a much younger population being diagnosed and we're much better prepared. we have had three months to prepare so we do have a lot of surge capacity. when you get the numbers of the icu they don't reflect the emergency icu capacity that hospitals created. for example, tampa general has 87 additional ventilators available which we haven't begun to use yet. but the most striking thing is our case fatality rate which has dropped and dropped. it is now to 1.5% so that's cases, deaths over cases. it's one o

river, tucked away in the cemetery is a final resting place of a woman called joan, barbara joan lockwoodshe was ant famous woman, joan, wasn't rich or celebrated. she lived a quiet life in a quiet place and was buried here more than three decades ago. if ghosts could rise from their graves, if joan could speak to us now, what questions would she answer? what advice for this man? this tough prosecutor who now fears for his life. >> he's a threat to me, a threat more importantly to my family. >> reporter: some cases refuse to lie down and die. they fester. >> and here we are now and all that's happening -- i hate to say this but i think we have to take this seriously. >> yes but it begins with her. joan. she lived, when she lived a thousand miles south of the cemetery in the suburb called torrance on a quiet street named sharon lane. there was joan, her husband, and their four children. this is joan's only daughter, shaun. >> people would describe her as the most caring, sweetest person they'd ever met. >> there were three boys, brett the eldest. >> my mom loved her kids. we were first and

charles lockwood and other experts say young people who might go to these covid parties should also remember that, even if they get covid and recover, it could cause complications for them later in life. things like kidney or heart failure, lung disease, or chronic fatigue. wolf. >> yeah. this is -- these are really, really disturbed individuals. who are participating in this. brian todd, thank you very much. up next is the united states losing the battle against the coronavirus? i'll ask the director of the national institutes of health. dr. francis collins, there he is you see him. he's standing by, live. we have lots to discuss. just over a year ago, i was drowning in credit card debt. sofi helped me pay off twenty-three thousand dollars of credit card debt. they helped me consolidate all of that into one low monthly payment. they make you feel like it's an honor for them to help you out. i went from sleepless nights to getting my money right. so thank you. ♪ it was 1961 when nellie young lost her devoted husband. without him, things were tough. her last option was to sell her home, but..

charles lockwood we had on the other day was talking about how the average of these new cases in florida, around the state, you know, much lower than we'd seen in some other states, a younger population getting it. efforts to keep the outbreak confined to younger, healthier populations and not let it get into nursing homes, not let it get into places where the elderly, vulnerable populations are -- what steps are you taking there, and what success? are you having success there? >> you know, that really is our biggest concern. our highest percentage age-wise is 25 to 34, and you're absolutely right. that age group tends to not be hospitalized asfrequently, and certainly the death rate isn't found -- the highest percentage isn't found in that age bracket. it's in our older residents. our big concern is the people of that age are going to go home. if they're living at home with family or they go to visit mom and dad or grandma and grandpa, they're the one who's are susceptible. so putting that mandatory mask order in place in particular in our restaurants and in our bars was really importan

charles lockwood is senior vice president of university of south florida health.ministered more than 300 coronavirus tests himself. and he is alarmed by the spike among young people. >> it really is consistent with what we've been observing which is incredible noncompliance with wearing face masks, social distancing, particularly among young adults and teenagers. >> reporter: as a doctor, are you at a point where you still are trying to get through to those people? >> i think we cathedral to accept -- we need to accept the fact that young folks have a different way of looking at life. the problem is that while you may not die and you may not even know you're sick, you may be killing other people. >> if my parents were to get sick, i would not be able to live with myself. >> reporter: sophia carrion lives with her parents in los angeles. she says she's strict about social distancing and wearing the mask. the 23-year-old has a message to other young people who are not taking the virus as seriously. >> it's not just about you. i think that's like a big mindset people