Today is Wednesday, April 1st.

What to know today about the new CDC data showing how the coronavirus spreads,

and will explain how that's impacting future guidelines.

Also, while there's new proof social distancing guidelines are working,

there's also a reason President Trump is using

his most serious tone yet. Plus we're talking gas prices, Apple's newest weather

app, and how April Fool's Day will be different this year.

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I'm Erica Mandy.

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Americans are getting blunt orders from the White House as we deal with this coronavirus pandemic.

President Trump's tone is getting much more serious now.

He told us to bear down and brace for a bad painful two to three weeks.

White House officials say the number of COVID-19 deaths will likely peak during that time.

So Trump and other officials emphasized our everyday decisions now are truly a matter of life

and death.

Though eventually there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Earlier in the day, the CDC revealed new data about how the virus spreads.

Not only is it believed to be about three times as contagious as the flu, but the data shows a lot of infected people as

many as 25% of them don't know they have COVID-19 because they have no symptoms.

So yes that's a great thing that they're not suffering, but it also means they can spread it quickly and not realize it.

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