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2020-03-26

 Covid-19 Info on ProvGardener

Date: 
Thursday, March 26, 2020
# RI Confirmed Cases: 
165
Italy Total Cases: 
74386
Italy New Cases: 
5210
Italy Deaths: 
7505
Italy New Deaths: 
685
US Total Cases: 
63570
US New Cases: 
11656
US Deaths: 
884
US New Deaths: 
211
CDC US Cases: 
68440
CDC US Deaths: 
994

33 new cases, 165 total, 23 hospitalized, 6 are intubated in ICUs. 10 new cases are in their 50s. To date 78 females, 87 males. NY travelers coming to RI must quarantine 14 days. Travelers by bus and by train will be greeted by National Guard to get their contact info. Lifespan has 150 ventilators. There will be IT help available for small business beginning tomorrow. Testing is at the rate of about 500/day, but governor hopes to have 1000/day testing by next Thursday, April 2. Still hard to get everything necessary for tests. Competing against the federal government, 150 countries and all the other states for necessary PPE and ventilators. Fending for ourselves like the rest of the states. For cash flow, a small committee - Emergency Funding Board - authorized state borrowing up to $300 million.
https://www.ri.gov/press/view/38023

Fed Notes: 

Huge $2 trillion stimulus is passing in Congress; stock market is going up (17% from the bottom) but still far below its peak. Both Senators Reed of RI and Ted Cruze of Texas have called on President Trump to use the DPA. President won't use the Defense Production Act to increase necessary supplies and ventilators, relying on voluntary cooperation of businesses. This is going to be a focal point in the lessons learned discussions when the medical professionals can eventually recuperate and review how things went. If the federal government can respond by pumping trillions into the economy, it could have expedited and centralized the production of PPE and Medical CounterMeasures (MCMs) that would have eased the burden on all the states. It would have been much more efficient and probably saved tremendous amounts of money the states are spending - our tax dollars.