Wednesday Morning C-19 Update

NOTE - Below is a radio-friendly notepad used on the Need To Know Morning Show on AM1100 The Flag WZFG.  Spelling, punctuation, etc are not edited.  

LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE UP TO THE MINUTE NUMBERS.....

17 new CONFIRMED CASES IN NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 126..........8 OF THEM IN CASS COUNTY and now at a total of 31, with more cases than any other county in the state….. THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 42-HUNDRED WHO HAVE BEEN TESTED IN THE STATE...

Two NEW DEATHS TODAY IN MINNESOTA YESTERDAY BRINGING THAT NUMBER TO 12….53 MORE TEST POSITIVE….AND NOW A TOTAL OF 629 CONFIRMED CASES…....AND 2 NEW CONFIRMED CASES IN CLAY COUNTY, NOW A TOTAL OF SIX…...

.In South Dakota, 7 NEW POSITIVE TESTS....108 NOW TOTAL....STILL JUST ONE FATALITY....

ACROSS THE US, THE NUMBERS CLIMB EVERY DAY BOTH IN THE TOTAL AND "PER DAY"….MORE THAN 23 THOUSAND CONFIRMED NEW CASES TODAY THE MOST OF ANY DAY YET….SAME FOR THE NUMBER OF DEATHS, 709….THE U-S NOW WITH ALMOST A FOURTH OF THE WORLD’S CONFIRMED CASES AT 188-THOUSAND…AND WITH MORE THAN 4-THOUSAND TOTAL FATALITIES....MORE THAN 7-THOUSAND AMERICANS HAVE RECOVERED FROM THE VIRUS, THAT'S A THOUSAND MORE THAN THE DAY BEFORE...

worldwide THE DEATH TOLL STANDS AT JUST OVER 43-THOUSAND....AFTER ADDING ABOUT 5-THOUSAND FATALITIES YESTERDAY.....THERE ARE MORE THAN 870-THOUSAND CONFIRMED CASES, UP ABOUT 80-THOUSAND...FROM YESTERDAY.... WHILE more than 180,000 PEOPLE have had the virus worldwide and have recovered.....

ITALY ANOTHER DAY OF BAD  NEWS WITH 837 DEAD, THEIR DEATH TOLL NOW STANDS AT MORE THAN 12-THOUSAND MORE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY…

ACCORDING TO THE CENTER...FOR DISEASE CONTROL....ON AVERAGE, AT LEAST 128 PEOPLE HAVE DIED PER DAY FROM THE FLU SINCE OCTOBER 1ST...AS WE TOLD YOU EARLIER, BUT TODAY’S FATALITY NUMBER
IN THE U-S IS ALMOST 6 TIMES HIGHER AT 709....

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WEDNESDAY HEADLINES

CASS COUNTY NOW HAS MORE CONFIRMED CASES OF CORONAVIRUS THATN ANY OTHER STATE AFTER 8 CAME IN TUESDAY…A MIX OF AGES AND EVEN SPLIT ON GENDERS…CASS COUNTY NOW HAS 31 CONFIRMED CASES….PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID EXPECT THE PEAK IN ABOUT 2 WEEKS NATIONWIDE BUT GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM SAID TUESDAY THAT SINCE THE SPREAD HIT NORTH DAKOTA LATE, THE PEAK HERE MIGHT BE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD….AND IF ND NEEDS TO HAVE DIFFERENT GUIDELINES THAN OTHER STATES THEN SO BE IT……SOT…..NORTH DAKOTA’S 122 CASES RANKS 4TH FROM THE BOTTOM…NEW YORK LEADS WITH MORE THAN 75-THOUSAND…SOUTH DAKOTA HAS THE FEWEST CASES IN THE NATION AT 101….

Gov. Doug Burgum ALSO announced the activation of North Dakota’s Workforce Coordination Center to serve emergency workforce needs in support of health care providers, industries and agencies affected by COVID-19.
The WCC, which was set up through collaboration between several state agencies, is seeking individuals willing to help with the COVID-19 situation who have experience in certain sectors who are deemed necessary for communication in case of emergency.

MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ SAYS HIS PREDICTIONS FOR WHEN THE PEAK MIGHT HIT MINNESOTA HAVENT’ CHANGED SINCE HE EXTENDED THE STAY AT HOME ORDER THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH….WALZ SAID THEN THAT LATE MAY IS WHAT THE EXPECTED PEAK LOOKS LIKE WITH CURRENT PROJECTIONS IN PLACE…BUT IT COULD BE A WEEK OR TWO EARLIER OR LATER……SOT…..THE TWO MINNESOTANS WHO DIED TUESDAY ARE A PERSON IN THEIR 70 AND ONE IN THEIR 80’S….IT HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED IF THE TWO HAD EXISTING HEALTH PROBLEMS…

Dr. Deborah Birx , coordinator for the White House coronavirus task force, and Dr. Anthony Fauci said TUESDAY they are still projecting between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths in the U.S. with a peak in fatalities over the next two weeks. A slide presented at the press conference showed as many as 240,000 deaths were possible.

Earlier Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released preliminary data showed that you can add diabetes to the list of conditions that makes someone at increased risk of developing severe complications...earlier guidance had listed  chronic lung disease, heart disease or those who smoke as accelerating factors

North Dakota’s K-12 students are resuming their school year today...Rather than classrooms, most will be at home, learning via the internet.  Burgum has ordered that school buildings be closed to classes indefinitely....districts that have a state-approved plan will be eligible to get state funding to help them with costs of education, as they would normally receive...Public schools leader Kirsten Baesler said at 7 pm last night that only 11 of the state's 171 districts had not had final approval for their online school plans but that her team was still working on the remaining 11 and expected that all would be cleared in time for the start of school this morning.

Beginning TODAY, patients visiting any Essentia Health clinic are asked to attend their appointments alone as part of efforts to prevent spread of the coronavirus.

the City of West Fargo has extended its closure to the public of all city facilities to Friday April 17th........the city is also asking any employees who are not deemed essential on site to work from home....

The city of Fargo and other metro governments , along with public health experts  and metro health care systems Sanford Health and Essentia Health will be hosting a COVID-19 briefing TODAY AT FARGO CITY HALL

rent is due TODAY for hundreds of thousands across the dakotas and minnesota, but some payments will be late....Since mid-March, a total of 255,371 Minnesotans had applied for unemployment insurance...in North Dakota more than 21-thousand have applied....MORE THAN ALL OF 2019 FOR BOTH STATES.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said yesterday that the outbreak in the state may not peak for three weeks....“I’m tired of being behind this virus. We’ve been behind this virus from day one,” the governor said in Albany. “We underestimated this virus. It’s more powerful, it’s more dangerous than we expected....

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, brother of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, revealed Tuesday he tested positive for coronavirus.   Although the TV news personality said he has felt fever, chills and shortness of breath, he still plans do his prime-time show from his basement, where he has self-quarantined.

VALLEY NEWS LIVE REPORTS THAT PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ACROSS THE REGION ARE URGING MOMS AND DADS TO KEEP CHILDREN OFF PUBLIC PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT...BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SANITIZED OR CLEANED ON A REGULAR BASIS....

South Carolina Tuesday became the 32nd state to issue a stay at home order....closing non essential buildings to the public.

Louisiana reported A JUMP YESTERDAY, with infections and deaths each jumping about 30 percent....the state's total number of cases IS NOW 5,237, and 239  patients have died,

Federal prison officials ordered a system-wide lockdown across the agency's 122 facilities THAT TAKES EFFECT TODAY....THERE ARE 5 FEDERAL PRISONS IN MN AND ONE IN SD....THERE ARE NONE IN NORTH DAKOTA....THE ORDER LASTS FOR 14 DAYS....

and wall street closed it's worst quarter in history ON TUESDAY....the dow jones lost 41 points to finish just over 21-thousand....the loss for the quarter was 22%