Coronavirus Updates: White House Says as Many as 240,000 Americans Could Die - The Weather Channel

• A model predicting the spread of COVID-19 presents a grim picture.
• More than 260 million people in U.S. have been told to stay at home.
• The CDC may change its recommendation on masks for the general public.
• An aircraft carrier's captain has pleaded with military brass to help his infected crew.

The White House has for the first time issued its own predictions of how many people in the U.S. could die during the coronavirus pandemic.

Between 100,000 and 240,000 people in the U.S. could be killed by COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top officials said Tuesday evening at a news briefing from the White House with President Donald Trump.

"I want every American to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead,” Trump said. “We're going to go through a very tough two weeks."

While other models have predicted a similar scenario and coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx previously said as many as 200,000 could die, Tuesday's briefing was the first time the White House had acknowledged specific numbers.

The prediction came on the same day the number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States topped 3,800, making the nation's outbreak more deadly than China's official count. Overall cases in the U.S. surged above 180,000.

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The number of deaths in the U.S. on Tuesday was at 3,606, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. That's more than the 3,309 who are officially reported to have died in China, although many experts believe China's numbers are underreported. The number of dead in the U.S. is now also higher than the 2,977 victims who were killed in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and four hijacked planes during the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. was 186,265 as of Tuesday afternoon. Worldwide, the number of infections was 855,007, and the death toll was 42,032.

Latest Developments

United States

-March was Wall Street's worst month since 2008 with the S&P 500 falling 12.5 percent, The New York Times reported.

-The superintendent of Holyoke Soldiers' Home, a long term care facility for veterans in Massachusetts, was placed on administrative leave after 13 residents of the home recently died. At least six of them tested positive for COVID-19, The Associated Press reported. One tested negative, and results were still pending for five others. Ten other residents and seven employees have also tested positive.

-CNN anchor Chris Cuomo announced he has tested positive for COVID-19. In a tweet Tuesday, he said he had been in contact with people who also tested positive and he later developed symptoms. He said he is quarantined in his basement and will continue to host his 9 p.m. show, "Cuomo Prime Time." His brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, discussed Cuomo's case at a news conference Tuesday.

-New York City's convention center began serving as a hospital, while part of the tennis center that hosts the U.S. Open every year is also being turned into a hospital. The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens will have 350 beds to serve non-critical patients.

-The captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, a Navy aircraft carrier, is pleading with senior military officials to help his crew after 150 to 200 of them became infected with the new coronavirus, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. “This will require a political solution but it is the right thing to do. We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our Sailors.” Capt. Brett Crozier wrote in a four-page letter. The Teddy Roosevelt, with its crew of more than 4,000, has been docked in Guam since COVID-19 began spreading onboard after a stop in Vietnam. Crozier said in his letter it's impossible to quarantine the sick and practice social distancing among those not infected aboard the carrier. He has asked for “compliant quarantine rooms” on shore in Guam for his entire crew “as soon as possible,” according to the Chronicle, which said the Navy had not responded to requests for comment.

-With South Carolina, Arizona, Virginia and Maryland joining the list, more than half the states in the U.S. have implemented some type of stay-at-home order. At least 261 million people in at least 31 states, 82 counties, 18 cities, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are being urged not to go out, according to the New York Times.

-Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials are considering recommending that Americans wear do-it-yourself cloth coverings in public, the Washington Post reported. Current CDC guidance is that healthy people do not need masks or face coverings. The Post said the DIY masks could potentially lower the risk of an asymptomatic infected person passing the virus to other people.

-Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, confirmed a new policy on masks is being discussed. “Once we get in a situation where we have enough masks (for health care workers), I believe there will be some very serious consideration about more broadening this recommendation of using masks,” Fauci said on CNN. “We're not there yet, but I think we're close to coming to some determination.”

-New York’s Empire State Building flashed a red and white signal in honor of medical workers on Monday night. “Starting tonight through the COVID-19 battle, our signature white lights will be replaced by the heartbeat of America with a white and red siren in the mast for heroic emergency workers on the front line of the fight,” the Empire State’s official Twitter account wrote.

Worldwide

-A 200-bed intensive care field hospital built in 10 days by 500 workers opened Tuesday at the Milan fairgrounds to help relieve the pressure on northern Italy’s overwhelmed health care system, The Associated Press reported.

-Spain reported a record number of coronavirus-related fatalities over the past 24 hours, with 849 deaths taking the country's total to 8,189, according to data released Tuesday. The country has had a total of 94,417 recorded cases since the start of the epidemic.

-More than 13,000 health care workers have been infected in Spain, the highest reported rate in the world.

-Men and women will only be able to leave their homes on separate days as part of Panama's measures to fight coronavirus, President Nito Cortizo announced. The new restrictions mean women can go outside on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, while men will be allowed out on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, Cortizo posted on Twitter. "On Sundays, everyone will have to stay at home," he added.

-Australia and New Zealand say a high proportion of patients diagnosed with coronavirus in those nations are young, CNN reported. In New Zealand, 26% of confirmed cases are in people age 20 to 29, and 21% of cases in Australia involve those in the same age range. In both countries, more cases have been linked to overseas travel, an activity younger people engage in more than older people.

-Russia recorded 500 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing the total infections there to 2,337. COVID-19 has been blamed on 18 deaths there.

For the latest coronavirus information in your county and a full list of important resources to help you make the smartest decisions regarding the disease, check out our dedicated COVID-19 page.

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