April 3 coronavirus news

By Joshua Berlinger, Ben Westcott, Adam Renton, Rob Picheta, Meg Wagner and Mike Hayes, CNN

Updated 8:02 a.m. ET, April 4, 2020
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4:34 p.m. ET, April 3, 2020

Illinois reports biggest one day jump in coronavirus cases and deaths

From CNN's Omar Jimenez

Illinois announced 1,209 new cases and an additional 53 deaths Friday in the biggest one day jump in both cases and deaths the state has seen to date.

At a Friday news conference, Gov. J.B. Pritzker also urged residents to wear a mask when going outside.

“Maybe it’s a homemade fabric mask, or maybe it’s a manufactured general mask, really just something to cover your nose and mouth out of courtesy to those around you in case you’re one of those who are asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic,” Pritzker said at his daily briefing. 

Seventy percent of ICU beds are now occupied in the state of Illinois while only fifty percent of the state’s ventilators are available, according to data from the state health department Friday.

“Every day we have added existing beds and equipment at our existing hospitals to increase capacity,” Pritzker said Friday. “That availability is diminishing as Covid-19’s presence continues to grow,” Pritzker told reporters. 

4:30 p.m. ET, April 3, 2020

Connecticut reports more than 1,000 new coronavirus case

Members of the Connecticut Air and Army National Guard unload supplies for a temporary field hospital at Southern Connecticut State University on March 31 in New Haven, Connecticut.
Members of the Connecticut Air and Army National Guard unload supplies for a temporary field hospital at Southern Connecticut State University on March 31 in New Haven, Connecticut. Kathy Willens/AP

Connecticut has 1,090 new coronavirus cases and 19 new deaths, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Friday.

The state now has a total of 4,914 cases and 131 deaths. 909 patients are currently hospitalized.

“Our number of positives went up about 29%, which is probably more than we’ve seen in the past and a little disturbingly, the percentage of tests that resulted in people positive spiked up at 64%,” Lamont added.
4:23 p.m. ET, April 3, 2020

Colorado governor asks everybody in the state to wear a mask

David Zalubowski/AP
David Zalubowski/AP

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis asked everybody in his state to wear a mask when they leave their homes.

"Now, if you've been around grocery stores, you've noticed that more and more people are wearing cloth masks — we want everybody in Colorado to do that," Polis said during a press conference today.

He asked people to use non-medical masks to save resources for health care workers, and tweeted tweeted out a photo of him wearing one of his own.

4:18 p.m. ET, April 3, 2020

Stocks finish lower following worse-than-expected jobs report

From CNN’s Anneken Tappe 

Wall Street stands empty on March 24 in New York City.
Wall Street stands empty on March 24 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

US stocks closed sharply lower on Friday, following a much worse-than-expected jobs report for March.

All three major indexes recorded a loss for the week, making it their third down-week in four.

Here's where the markets closed:

  • The Dow closed 361 points, or 1.7%, lower.
  • The S&P 500 closed down 1.5%.
  • The Nasdaq Composite finished down 1.5%.

 Remember: As stocks settle after the trading day, levels might still change slightly.

3:56 p.m. ET, April 3, 2020

Trump approves disaster declaration for New Hampshire

From CNN's Jason Hoffman and Betsy Klein 

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, April 3, in Washington.
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, April 3, in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP

President Trump has approved a disaster declaration for New Hampshire in response to coronavirus.

This is the 36th such declaration he has made in response to the coronavirus pandemic, including 31 states, the US Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico.

 

3:38 p.m. ET, April 3, 2020

Worldwide output of goods and services drops at fastest rate since 2009

From CNN Business' Anneken Tappe

The coronavirus pandemic is starting to noticeably damage economic data around the world.

The global composite output index, produced by JPMorgan and IHS Markit, slumped to 39.4 points in March, its fastest drop in some 11 years. Any level below 50 denotes an economic contraction.

Even though the index had been in contraction territory in the prior month as well — 46.1 points in February — the drop-off was the second-biggest on record, surpassed only by a drop in October 2001.

Looking closer at the global services sector, business activity, new business and new export business all dropped at the sharpest rate in survey history.

Not all countries were hit the same: China, which was hit by the pandemic earlier in the year, got some respite from its rate of contraction.

The outbreak is still sweeping across the United States, where business activity dropped to the greatest extent since the height of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Still, America saw the weakest downturn among its developed world peers.

3:36 p.m. ET, April 3, 2020

Transportation Security Administration employee dies due to coronavirus

From CNN's Greg Wallace

The Transportation Security Administration reported the first coronavirus death in its ranks. 

The employee was a 39-year-old K9 handler at the Newark airport, the TSA said Friday.

More than 130 TSA officers and agency employees have tested positive for coronavirus. 

3:46 p.m. ET, April 3, 2020

California coronavirus cases exceed 10,000

From CNN's Cheri Mossburg

Medical professionals administer coronavirus tests at a drive-thru testing station in Daly City, California on March 26.
Medical professionals administer coronavirus tests at a drive-thru testing station in Daly City, California on March 26. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

There are 10,710 cases in the state, with 237 deaths, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health.

3:32 p.m. ET, April 3, 2020

There are now at least 261,438 coronavirus cases in the US

Medical workers remove a person on a stretcher from Holland America's Zaandam cruise ship in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 2.
Medical workers remove a person on a stretcher from Holland America's Zaandam cruise ship in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 2. Lynne Sladky/AP

There are at least 261,438 cases of coronavirus in the US and 6,699 people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases.

So far, on Friday, 15,865 new cases and 641 deaths have been reported, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins. 

The total includes cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as all repatriated cases. Wyoming is the only state not reporting a death from coronavirus.