Coronavirus pandemic in the US

As some states start to reopen, Georgia is projected to see its number of daily coronavirus deaths nearly double by early August, according to a model shared by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and created by independent researcher Youyang Gu.

The epidemiological model provides projections for 40 countries and every US state.

Out of the 12 states in the US Southeast –– Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia –– the model’s projections for Georgia are the only projections that assume statewide social distancing will be relaxed starting on May 1 to reflect Gov. Brian Kemp's orders to reopen the state.

The projections for the state of Georgia show the highest uptick in deaths per day between May and August for the region.

With the assumption of relaxed social distancing, the model predicts that the number of Covid-19 deaths per day in Georgia will jump from 32 people dying on May 1 to a projected 63 people dying per day by August 4. 

Currently, a total of 995 people have died from Covid-19 in Georgia, according to the model, and it projects that number could climb to 4,691 by August 4. 

The projection for total deaths in the state provides a range of estimates between 1,686 deaths on the lower end to up to 15,620 deaths on the higher end.

President Trump said Tuesday that his administration is working with airlines to conduct temperature checks and coronavirus tests on international passengers coming into the United States.

Trump said during an Oval Office meeting with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that the US is “setting up a system where we do some testing and we’re working with the airlines on that, testing on the plane, getting on the plane.”

The President also said his team is “looking at” and will “probably” require testing and face masks on international flights.  

The President claimed he did that “with China” and Europe, but coronavirus tests haven’t necessarily been administered to passengers from those areas traveling into the US Health screenings, including temperature checks, have been conducted on international travelers.

At one point, the President raised the possibility of travel restrictions on Latin America but appeared to back off.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state needs to prioritize testing for frontline essential workers for the coronavirus.

He added that New Yorkers need to "protect and respect" them.

The governor said that essential workers make sure everyone is protected, “they have to be at the top of the list.”

Nonessential businesses in Massachusetts will stay closed until May 18, Gov. Charlie Baker announced today at a news conference.

“We are extending the timeline for all nonessential businesses to keep the physical workplaces and facilities closed to all workers, customers and the public until May 18, and the state-at-home advisory also remains in place during this time," Baker said.

Baker said the ban on gatherings of 10 or more people will also be extended until May 18.

In the meantime, the state is forming a reopening advisory board to create a phased plan.

The state's lieutenant governor and the secretary of housing and economic development will lead the board, the governor announced. 

The advisory board has been asked to produced their plan by May 18.

President Trump said Tuesday he would "check" on whether he received warnings about the coronavirus outbreak during briefings in January and February.

“I’d have to check. I would have to check. I want to look to the exact dates of warnings,” Trump said during a meeting with Gov. Ron DeSantis in the Oval Office. 

He cited the China travel ban as a sign he took the threat of the virus seriously.

Some background: The Washington Post reported Monday that Trump received more than a dozen warnings about the coronavirus outbreak in daily briefings in January and February, but continued to downplay the virus' threat and severity. 

Citing current and former US officials, the paper reported that the warnings came in the President's Daily Brief, a summary of intelligence reports from the various agencies, which tracked the virus' proliferation, highlighted China's inaccurate characterization of the disease and its death toll and warned of potential widespread ramifications related to the pandemic.

Officials told the Post that the President, who frequently forgoes the briefings and has become impatient with the summaries of the brief he now receives a couple of times per week, did not seem to absorb the warnings. They added that focused efforts tracking the virus were on par with prior instances of monitoring security threats, including active terrorism and international clashes.

An official in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which manages the briefing, told the Post that "the detail of this is not true" and declined to explain or elaborate. CNN has reached out to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for comment. 

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state will be measuring two key data points while reopening businesses in the coming weeks.

One of the "danger signs" is if hospitals exceed 70% capacity.

"Don't overwhelm the hospital system," Cuomo said at a news conference today. "If you ever hit 70%, you can expect the number to go up for the next two weeks as people who just got infected actually get ill and some of them come into the hospital."

The other sign the state will monitor during reopening is the rate of transmission of the virus.

Cuomo said if the transmission rate "hits 1.1, that means you are in trouble."

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at least 335 people across the state died of coronavirus yesterday.

Monday's death total is down slightly from the 337 people who died on Sunday.

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US Navy and Air Force jets flew over New York City at noon today to pay tribute to health care workers, first responders and essential workers on the frontlines in the fight against coronavirus.

US Air Force Thunderbird F-16 jets and US Navy Blue Angel jets participated in the flyover near Manhattan.

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The Pennsylvania Department of Health says there are 1,214 additional positive cases of Covid-19, bringing the statewide total to 43,264. All 67 counties in Pennsylvania have cases. The state is now reporting 1,716 deaths. 

“As we see the number of new Covid-19 cases continuously change across the state that does not mean we can stop practicing social distancing,” Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said in a news release.