'I’ve waited half a century': A retired farmer who mailed New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo an N95 mask to give to a frontline worker has been awarded a degree from Kansas State University.
There have been 705 confirmed coronavirus cases out of the 1,460 detainees tested, according to the latest figures from the agency. With 132 cases, the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, where Mejia was held, has the single highest number of cases out of any detention center in the country.8 p.m.: LA County allowing some businesses to reopen
There were 55 additional COVID-19 deaths in L.A. County yesterday, bringing the overall total to 1,367. There have now been 28,644 cases in the county.Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday that he is easing some COVID-related restrictions beginning Thursday, and that the state may begin the first official phase of reopening starting next week.
A statue of Elvis Presley is seen wearing a face mask inside a restaurant that remains closed during the new coronavirus pandemic, Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Towson, Md. There were 1,666 uniformed members of the NYPD on sick report, which accounts for 4.6% of the department's uniformed workforce. That is down from a high of 19.8%. To date, 5,300 members of the NYPD have tested positive for coronavirus. As of today, 4,779 members of the NYPD have returned to work full duty after recovering from a positive test for the coronavirus and 373 uniformed members, plus 108 civilian members, are still out sick diagnosed with coronavirus.
As of Wednesday morning, 528 TSA employees had tested positive for the virus, including 273 who have recovered.New York state's health department on Wednesday issued an advisory to health care providers about a disease impacting children that is possibly related to COVID-19. Salon owner Shelley Luther, center, listens to Dallas City officials at her reopened Salon A la Mode in Dallas, April 24, 2020.
New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy, left, distributes bags containing meals and face masks, Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at the NAN Newark Tech World in Newark, N.J. The New Jersey attorney general's office started investigating the state's long-term care facilities in April. Medical workers look inside a room as another tends to a patient infected with COVID-19 stand up at the intensive care unit of a public hospital in Paris on April 27, 2020.
People wearing masks to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus walk past a man sleeping on a bench on 5th Avenue in a Brooklyn neighborhood with one of the city's largest Mexican and Hispanic communities, May 5, 2020, in New York.When it comes to reopening, Cuomo said New York will be"following facts and data, as opposed to emotion and politics."
Workers close down a station as the New York City subway system, the largest public transportation system in the nation, is closed for nightly cleaning due to the continued spread of the coronavirus, May 6, 2020 in New York City.Police officers were assigned to remove people experiencing homelessness who had been sleeping on nearly empty trains.
But 109 people were admitted to hospitals with suspected COVID-19 on May 4 -- up from 74 admissions on May 3.People wear masks and maintain social distance to help stop the spread of coronavirus, while waiting in line to enter a store in Sunset Park, a Brooklyn neighborhood with one of the city's largest Mexican and Hispanic communities, May 5, 2020, in New York.
"We have won a partial victory against the virus thanks to the sacrifice of all," Sanchez said."But raising the state of alarm now would be a complete error."The European Union has forecast"a recession of historic proportions this year" due to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
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