United States now has second-highest number of coronavirus cases globally; United States sees a record 248 deaths reported in a single day; Louisiana becomes latest hot spot in coronavirus crisis;

Erin Burnett OutFront

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🗓️ 27 March 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Trump: "We got to go back to work", United States cases top 81,300; Top health official says "the virus makes the timeline"; Coronavirus cases top 81,300, death toll at 1,186; United States now has second-highest number of coronavirus cases globally, behind China; United States now has most reported coronavirus cases in the world; More than 2,300 coronavirus cases reported in Louisiana, roughly six times the number from one week ago; Coronavirus cases soar in Louisiana as governor warns hospitals may run out of space, ventilators within weeks; New Orleans mayor defends holding Mardi Gras before coronavirus outbreak: "no red flags" from federal government; Louisiana one of five states to report 500+ new cases in one day; A record 3.3 million Americans file for unemployment; 150+ Boston hospital workers test positive for coronavirus; Doctors describe "apocalyptic" scenes at New York City hospital; Dad with coronavirus describes being isolated from his kids;To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.3	And out front next, the president laying out his plans to reopen parts of the country, despite
0:36.5	warnings from top health officials,
0:38.1	this on the deadliest day in the United States so far. Plus, plus apocalyptic. That's how
0:43.1	one doctor inside one of the busiest hospitals in New York City describes the scene now.
0:47.3	We're going to talk to a doctor on the front lines and Louisiana. He's a jump of more than 500
0:51.7	coronavirus cases in just one day. That is the fastest growth rate in the world.
0:56.2	We're going to speak to a top official on the ground. Let's go outside.
1:01.4	And good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett. Out front tonight, the breaking news, the deadliest day for Americans since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
1:08.8	At least 248 new deaths reported today. And another grim milestone,
1:13.2	the United States now has the second most cases of coronavirus in the world. Second only to China,
1:18.8	where infections were first counted months earlier than in the U.S. As of tonight, 81,313 Americans are
1:26.2	known to have been infected, much smaller than what the real number,
1:29.0	of course, would be.
1:30.0	Yet the president again today talking about getting the country back to work, despite warnings
1:34.5	from health officials, even those on his own team, that it may be too soon.
1:40.5	Now, people want to go back to work.
1:42.2	I'm hearing it loud and clear from everybody. I think it's going to happen pretty quickly. A lot of progress is made, but we've got to go back to work. We may take sections of our country. We may take large sections of our country that aren't so seriously affected.
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