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The Northwest Regional Corrections Center announced the arrests of the following individuals:
Raymond Corona, 33 of Grand Forks, ND, for misdemeanor domestic assault. Bail supplied.
Esmeralda Lorraine Vargas, 30 of East Grand Forks, for misdemeanor domestic assault. Released on personal recognizance.
Coronavirus Task Force response coordinator Deborah Birx said during a Coronavirus Task Force Briefing that the White House projects 100,000 to 240,000 Americans will die from coronavirus if “full mitigation” measures are taken. Without social distancing, deaths could be much higher, the White House projects.
On Tuesday, President Trump said the next two weeks, Mr. Trump said Tuesday, will be a “very, very painful” period. “:This could be a hell of a bad two weeks. This is gonna be a very bad two — or maybe even three — weeks,” the president said. “This is going to be three weeks like we haven’t seen before.”
But those deaths could have been as high as 2.2 million, if the U.S. did nothing, Mr. Trump said. More than 186,265 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the United States as of Tuesday evening, according to Johns Hopkins University. “It is ravaging, it is horrible,” Mr. Trump said of the pandemic.
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New York City’s efforts are continuing to find places to build medical facilities in order to ease the burden on hospitals caused by coronavirus. The city is set to lease thousands of hotel rooms, and in some cases, entire hotels. Mayor Bill de Blasio said that federal authorities are working to rent hotel rooms to serve as non-intensive care facilities for Covid-19 patients and others.
In addition, construction on a 350-bed field hospital at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens — which hosts the U.S. open — is set to begin. A 1,000-bed navy hospital ship, the U.S.N.S. Comfort, arrived in New York on Monday, and a 68-bed hospital in Central Park will soon begin accepting patients.
The city has 20,000 hospital beds, but will need three times as many as the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise.
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CNN’s Chris Cuomo has tested positive for COVID-19. Cuomo shared the news on Twitter writing, “Sooooo in these difficult times that seem to get more difficult and complicated by the day, I just found out that I am positive for coronavirus. I have been exposed to people in recent days who have subsequently tested positive and I had fever, chills and shortness of breath.”
The 49-year-old continued, expressing concern over potentially infecting his children and wife. “I just hope I didn’t give it to the kids and Cristina. That would make me feel worse than this illness!” Cuomo said that he’s currently quarantined in his basement and will continue to film for “Cuomo Primetime” from his home.
His brother and Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo talked about his brother’s diagnosis in a recent press briefing, saying: “This virus is the great equalizer. My brother Chris is positive for coronavirus, found out this morning. He is gonna be fine, he’s young, in good shape, strong, not as strong as he thinks, but he will be fine.”
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Sony Pictures announced that it has moved several of its upcoming movies to later dates as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which stars Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, McKenna Grace, and Finn Wolfhard, has been pushed back to March 5, 2021, from its original release date of July 10 of this year.
Morbius, the latest of Sony’s films based on Spider-Man villains, has been moved from July 31 to March 19, 2021. The film stars Jared Leto as the titular scientist-turned-vampire. Adria Arjona, Tyrese Gibson, Jared Harris, and Matt Smith also star.
Several of Sony’s other upcoming releases have been delayed, including Greyhound (from June 12, 2020, to an unknown date), Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (from Aug. 7, 2020, to Jan. 15, 2021), Uncharted (from March 5, 2021, to Oct. 8, 2021), and an untitled Sony/Marvel project (from Oct. 8, 2021, to an unknown date).
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Medical professionals have been at the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic from the start and singer Lizzo is doing her best to show hospital workers appreciation for all the tedious hours they put in to keep the rest of us afloat.
“Thank you @Lizzo for sending lunches to the UW Medical Center – Montlake Emergency Department today!” read the shoutout the singer got Monday from UW Medical Center located in Seattle, Washington after they received lunch. “Your support of our frontline healthcare workers means a lot.”
The location was just one of several hospitals that got a special delivery from the body positive entertainer this week.
A set of lunches were also sent to the ER staff at Henry Ford Hospital located in her hometown of Detroit, Mich. The hospital’s official Twitter page even posted a video of Lizzo personally thanking all of the staff for their sacrifice.
“SURPRISE! @lizzo treated our ER staff at #HenryFordHospital to lunch today and shared a message of thanks to our #HealthcareHeroes on the front lines. #Lizzo, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much for making our day brighter with your generosity,” read the caption.
SURPRISE! @lizzo treated our ER staff at #HenryFordHospital to lunch today and shared a message of thanks to our #HealthcareHeroes on the front lines. #Lizzo, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much for making our day brighter with your generosity.
“I just wanted to say thank you so much for all that you’re doing during this pandemic and it’s definitely not easy and you guys are putting yourselves on the front lines,” said the 31-year-old. “So, because of that, I wanted to treat y’all to a meal.”
“I love you guys, thank you so much for being the heroes in this story. And we’re staying inside and we’re praying and thinking of you every single day. God bless you.”
Yet another set of lunches were sent to ER staff at the M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center whose staff thanked the singer by tagging her in a photo of them with their gift. Similar blessings were also sent to hospitals in New Orleans.
The singer posted an Instagram Live video explaining she was moved to donate food after sending a care package to a friend’s mother who is a nurse.
“I was like, you know what? I wish I could do this for every nurse,” she shared. “How can I do this for more people who are working so hard to keep all of us safe.”
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