COVID-19 CASES EXPECTED TO CLIMB

COVID-19 CASES EXPECTED TO CLIMB

The battle against the coronavirus here in the u.s. is growing.

New york reporting more than on?thousand new cases since tuesday and there are now more than ?

Thousand people infected nationwide?

At least 150 who have died.

As gwen baumgardner reports those numbers are expected to climb.

Yuccas pkg wed0224or aptn shot) (track1)membe rs of the white house task force are warning (wed0326 narullo pkg testing broll) infection numbers will soon skyrocket (sot?

Dr. birx wed0431)it's now in a high speed platform.

So we will see the number of people diagnosed dramatically increase over the next 4 to 5 days.

(track2) (wed0326 narullo)an increase in testing will lead to higher numbers.

Though some state officials (wed0309) like oklahoma governor kevin sit?say they still need help.

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Ok gov sitt wed0309)"we are critically low on test kits// "the state is going to have to reserve until further notice, tests for only vulnerable populations and those who are experiencing severe symptoms."

(track3)yeste rday president trump signed an emergency relief bill that includes free coronavirus testing, paid sick days and family leave.

(wed0145 raw, or natalies pkg sot: pres trump)"we're going to defeat the invisible enemy."

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Sonyci has in file fed irs money broll if you need it) lawmakers are also working on a trillio?

Dollar rescue package that can't come soon enough for the thousands that already lost their job.

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Fallon mccann wed0398)?the minute you hear that you are going to get laid off, you have to rethink your life at that point?

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Get off the gfx before the end though, if you even use it.

Wed0398 has people too) the leading labor union says nearly 30?hundred thousand hotel, restaurant and casino workers will lose their paychecks in the coming days.

(fri0025 aptn)perhaps the one bit of positive news, for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic started late last year, china reported no new local cases at the epicenter in wuhan.

Gwen baumgardner, cbs news.