Coronavirus pandemic in the US

Mayor Eric Garcetti said there will be "no radical changes "coming to Los Angeles in the next week or so."

Garcetti emphasized the plans in Southern California will proceed slowly with reopening so restrictions don’t need to be tightened.

On schools: Garcetti said the county needs to be doing about 15,000 tests a day in order to possibly reopen schools in September or August.

He said it is going to be important to test students multiple times.

"There's no question we're going to have to have our young people not just testing once and you're good to go to school, but at least weekly if not more frequently to make sure nobody infectious is going to school even if they don't have symptoms," he said.

In higher education, the California State University system announced plans to cancel nearly all in-person classes through the fall semester to reduce spread of coronavirus earlier today.

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The NBA has denied speculation that the league is engaging in discussions to host games at centralized locations.

On the day MGM Resorts released a reopening plan, NBA spokesperson Mike Bass remained steadfast in denying serious talks have taken place with MGM or other properties to host games.

A spokesperson for MGM tells CNN that “as far as the NBA is concerned, we don’t comment on rumors or speculation.”

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke to CNN's Jake Tapper following a report that the county is likely to remain under some sort of stay-at-home order for months.

The mayor said he wants to "reassure" residents that this doesn't mean "we'll stay exactly as we are for three more months."

Garcetti's comments to CNN came after Los Angeles Health Director Barbara Ferrer said “with all certainty,” the stay at home order will be extended another three months. Restrictions will continue to be lifted, while the order remains, Ferrer explained.

Los Angeles County’s current order holds until May 15, but the stay-at-home order in California is open-ended.

Addressing the order, Garcetti explained, "There's no radical changes in the next week coming." 

He continued: "That doesn't mean three weeks from now, six weeks from now, two months from now, we won't continuously edit that order and make sure we open up safely as much as we can, and if it gets dangerous, we may need to step back at times as well. I've always told people the hard truths." 

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The California State University system plans to cancel nearly all in-person classes through the fall semester to reduce spread of coronavirus.

The CSU system, which comprises 23 universities across the state, will be moving most instruction online, Chancellor Timothy White announced Tuesday at a Board of Trustees meeting.

The California State University system is the nation’s largest four-year public university system with a total enrollment of more than 480,000 students, according to the CSU.

A CSU spokesperson confirmed the plans to CNN and said additional details will be released later today.

In-person classes at CSU campuses have been canceled since March and have since moved to online only. The CSU has previously announced students applying for admission will not be required to take the SAT or ACT.

Arkansas has seen a spike of at least 27 cases in St. Francis County, officials said at a press conference today.

Arkansas Department of Health Director Dr. Nate Smith said that many of the cases may be connected to the federal prison at Forrest City.

Officials say they are concerned because not all inmates and staff at the prison have been tested and now they are seeing a larger community spread in the county.

The state has received enough remdesivir to treat 50 patients, which will be distributed by the Arkansas Department of Health, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said.

By the numbers: Currently there are 59 people hospitalized in the state. The state is reporting 4,164 cases of coronavirus and 95 deaths.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi today criticized the Trump administration's pledge to provide the nation with at least 40 to 50 million coronavirus tests per month by September, if necessary, saying it was inadequate.

"No," she replied when asked by CNN's Jake Tapper if she was satisfied by the pledge made by Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Dr. Brett Giroir this morning during a Senate hearing. "You have to do much more than that, and I think they know that.” 

Pelosi went on to tout House Democrats' latest relief effort, a $3 trillion stimulus bill, which faces stiff opposition from many congressional Republicans who say it includes a wish list of Democratic priorities.

"It may be partisan on their part but it's not partisan on our part to meet the needs of the American people," Pelosi said.

The bill, which Democrats are calling the Heroes Act, would provide nearly $1 trillion for state and local governments, a $200 billion fund for essential worker hazard pay, an additional $75 billion for Covid-19 testing, tracing and isolation efforts, and a new round of direct payments to Americans of up to $6,000 per household, according to a fact sheet released by the House Appropriations Committee.

If the bill passes, it would provide an amount that would stand as the largest relief package in history.

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Immune treatments and blood thinners can help children affected by an inflammatory syndrome might be linked with coronavirus infection, pediatricians say.

A panel called the International PICU-COVID-19 Collaboration has compared notes and released a consensus statement defining the condition, named “Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome Potentially Associated with COVID-19.”

“To date, most children affected have done well. Treatments have included anticoagulation, IV immunoglobulin, IL-1 or IL-6 blockade, and corticosteroids. Some children have only needed supportive care,” Boston Children’s Hospital said on its website. Dr. Jeffrey Burns, chief of critical care medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, coordinates the panel.

The syndrome is marked by persistent fever, inflammation, poor function in one or more organs, and other symptoms similar to shock.

The panel offered guidance for clinicians dealing with possible cases of the inflammatory syndrome:

The leaders of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Food and Drug Administration and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Tuesday they’ll leave self-quarantine to attend meetings at the White House.

They agreed to self-quarantine after having been exposed to a White House staffer with coronavirus infection.

CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield, FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn and NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci had all said over the weekend that they would work from home because of the exposure.

But in a joint statement Tuesday, all three said they would go to the White House for meetings, after all. All are members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have together determined that government entities working in support of the COVID-19 response efforts are providing essential services and the current guidelines for critical infrastructure workers apply,” they said in the statement.

Fauci had already said he would attend meetings at the White House if he was needed, and told the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Tuesday that he was at the White House Monday.

“I was at the White House yesterday, and I will likely even perhaps even be there today, and in my office at the NIH. So it is not really strictly speaking, the quarantine as we know it, but it is performing our duties as critical workers,” he said.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tweeted Tuesday that the initial results from serological testing at drive-through sites established last week show a higher positivity rate in Miami.

DeSantis wrote that the results show “10% positive for antibodies in Miami and between 2% and 3% in Orlando and Jacksonville.” 

"Health care workers and first responders were tested, so not necessarily a representative sample,” DeSantis explained.