New York Sees Hospitalizations Fall To Lowest Level In A Month, Italy Reports Fewest Deaths In 5 Weeks

Summary:

• Singapore reports another alarming jump in new cases
• US death toll tops 50k
• Tokyo reports ~150 new cases, asks companies to extend “Golden Week” holiday
• Sydney forced to shutter three newly reopened beaches
• Florida death toll passes 1,000
• China rejects US request to examine Wuhan lab
• India reports record single-day jump in cases
• Matt Hancock says ‘no set date’ for BoJo to return
• Chinese tests using blood of recovered patients show promising results
• Global Times continues pushing narrative that US responsible for virus
• NY ‘not on list of 16 states with reopening plans’
• UK deaths jump after two days of declines
• Some Muslim majority countries ease restrictions as Ramadan begins
• FDA warns hydroxychloroquine shouldn’t be taken outside hospital setting
• Trump denies telling Kemp he approved of plan to reopen economy
• Australia to keep borders shut for at least 3 months
• Indonesia also reports jump in cases
• Russia reports 5k+ new cases in a day; RenCap projects ‘peak’ next week

• TEXAS REPORTS 22,806 VIRUS CASES, UP 3.9% FROM THURSDAY
• FRANCE REPORTS 389 VIRUS DEATHS, FEWEST IN NEARLY FOUR WEEKS

Meanwhile, Sweden reported 812 new cases of coronavirus and 131 new deaths, for a total of 17,567 cases and 2,152 deaths. The UK reported 5,386 new cases and 684 new deaths, bringing its totals to 143,464 cases and 19,506 deaths, and Iran reports 1,168 new cases of the virus and 93 new deaths, for a total of 88,194 cases and 5,574 deaths.

And some more info out of Italy: After coming close earlier this week, Italy reported for the first time since the outbreak began that it had recorded more newly recovered patients on Thursday than newly diagnosed patients: 2,922 recoveries vs 3,021 new cases.

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Update (1240ET): We’d like to note a correction: It has been brought to our attention that an earlier stat shared by us was incorrect: The state did not report 1,000 deaths in a single day.

Florida reported 1,300 new cases over the past 24 hours, its highest single-day total since April 3, according to Local10.com. The state has also surpassed the 30k mark.

According to health officials in Tallahassee, the state has 30,174 verified cases of COVID-19 and 1,012 confirmed deaths, along with 4,699 people hospitalized with the virus, according to the latest numbers from the state health department.

Florida reported 1,300 new cases on Thursday, the state’s highest single-day total since April 3. However, officials noted that the jump corresponds to an increase in testing.

We apologize for the confusion.

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Update (1230ET): Cuomo continued to beat up on McConnell during Friday’s briefing over the Majority Leader’s bankruptcy comment, arguing that Kentucky is a “net taker” of federal funds, while New York is the ultimate “net giver.”

Meanwhile, the governor’s team has clearly activated the bot swarm, as dozens of replies featuring the graphic shown below flooded the social network.

Thoroughly enjoyed watching Andrew Cuomo eviscerate Moscow Mitch just now. That vile turtle is a plutocrat working to increase the disparity between the haves and the have nots for the last 20 years. Very satisfying to see Cuomo call mcconnell out on his bullshit. pic.twitter.com/SxaFSB7Eb1

— notolerance4bullshit (@liberalheatfan) April 24, 2020