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2020-04-03

 Covid-19 Info on ProvGardener

Date: 
Friday, April 3, 2020
# RI Confirmed Cases: 
711
# RI Deaths: 
14
Italy Total Cases: 
115242
Italy New Cases: 
4668
Italy Deaths: 
13917
Italy New Deaths: 
760
US Total Cases: 
213600
US New Cases: 
26298
US Deaths: 
4793
US New Deaths: 
947
CDC US Cases: 
239279
CDC US Deaths: 
5443

54 new cases, 711 total. 2 deaths, 14 total. 1 death was at Golden Crest and the other was not in a nursing home. 65 cases currently at Golden Crest,  60 at Oak Hill in Pawtucket. 12 nursing homes have at least 1 case. 120 of the 711 cases are associated with nursing homes (residents or staff). 8 of 14 deaths are in nursing homes (5 at Golden Crest). 72 hospitalized. Three temp hospitals will be at RI Convention Center, old Citizens Bank building in Cranston and empty former Lowes in Quonset.  Ri must do better at staying home. Less compliance than the national average. Child care centers licenses still suspended for all of April, RIDelivery.com is overwhelmed with 40,000 orders; SBA Payroll Protection Loan Program begins accepting applications today; mental health referral services available; a hotel in Warwick is being used for homeless quarantine/cases (?); advisory on when/how to wear masks in public.
https://www.facebook.com/GinaMRaimondo/videos/2508012289415177/

http://ritv.devosvideo.com/show?video=e72f892eae6b&apg=71865d99

[As of April 7] From April 3 on, the Covid briefings are on the Capitol TV page.

Fed Notes: 

Politico reported that the definition of the Strategic National Stoockpile was changed this morning on the webpage:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/03/strategic-national-stockpile-de...

"According to a brief online summary on the Department of Health and Human Services website, the stockpile's role "is to supplement state and local supplies during public health emergencies. Many states have products stockpiled, as well."

But hours earlier, the text characterized the stockpile as the "nation's largest supply of life-saving pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for use in a public health emergency severe enough to cause local supplies to run out."

 

The revision comes after Kushner argued at the White House coronavrus task force press briefing Thursday that the stockpile's reserves are exclusively the property of the federal government.

"The notion of the federal stockpile was it's supposed to be our stockpile," he said. "It's not supposed to be states' stockpiles that they then use."