October 19 coronavirus news

By Joshua Berlinger, Adam Renton, Melissa Macaya and Mike Hayes, CNN

Updated 12:03 a.m. ET, October 20, 2020
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3:19 p.m. ET, October 19, 2020

Dow sinks on dashed hopes for stimulus

From CNN’s David Goldman

Pedestrians pass the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, October 14, in New York.
Pedestrians pass the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, October 14, in New York. Frank Franklin II/AP

The Dow has swung wildly Monday. It opened slightly higher on China’s strong economic news and hopes that a stimulus deal could get done ahead of the election.

But those hopes were dashed later in the day.

The Dow is now trading down over 430 points.

3:16 p.m. ET, October 19, 2020

More than 219,000 people have died from coronavirus in the US

From CNN’s Virginia Langmaid

The group Marked by COVID holds a vigil and listens to the stories of people who have lost close relatives from the COVID-19 pandemic in a public memorial for the dead on October 8 in Greely Square, New York.
The group Marked by COVID holds a vigil and listens to the stories of people who have lost close relatives from the COVID-19 pandemic in a public memorial for the dead on October 8 in Greely Square, New York. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images

There are at least 8,180,502 cases of coronavirus in the US and at least 219,891 people have died from the virus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

So far today, Johns Hopkins has recorded 25,908 new cases and 217 reported deaths.

The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases. 

3:08 p.m. ET, October 19, 2020

Speaker Pelosi lays out differences that remain on stimulus 

From CNN's Lauren Fox and Manu Raju

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a television interview at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. on October 9.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a television interview at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. on October 9. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg/Getty Images

In a call with her caucus, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi highlighted the differences that remain between the White House and House Democrats in the stimulus negotiations according to two sources on the call.

While Pelosi told her caucus she continues to remain optimistic, she noted that there are a number of outstanding issues. She told her caucus that the White House is coming in their direction on the topline number, but Pelosi remains concerned that the White House and House Democrats have different ideas of how the money should be used. 

According to one source on the call, Pelosi told her caucus “I don’t want to keep repeating that they don’t share our values, but they don’t.”

Two sources on the call also told CNN that the message has been the same as her previous messages to the caucus: Criticizing the White House for not going far enough and saying that she's optimistic they can still get a deal.

Speaker Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are set to speak by phone at 3 p.m. today.

Read more about the latest on the stimulus negotiations here.

2:56 p.m. ET, October 19, 2020

Here are the latest coronavirus numbers from Rhode Island

From CNN's Gregory Lemos 

The Rhode Island Department of Health reported 582 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths since Friday, according to department spokesperson Joseph Wendelken.

According to the state's Covid-19 dashboard, Rhode Island had a positivity rate of 2.9% on Sunday, up from the 1.6% rate from the previous week. 

At least 1,159 residents have died due to complications from Covid-19, according to the dashboard. There are currently 124 people hospitalized, according to the dashboard.  

Wendelken told CNN the state sometimes goes back and adjusts data retroactively and they are not currently experiencing delays in data reporting.  

One thing to note: These numbers were released by Rhode Island’s public health agency and may not line up exactly in real time with CNN’s database drawn from Johns Hopkins University and the Covid Tracking Project.  

2:18 p.m. ET, October 19, 2020

Spain recorded almost 38,000 Covid-19 cases over the weekend

From CNN’s Claudia Rebaza in London

A woman walks with her daughter next to an installation at Isidoro Medina Park by the National Association of Victims and People Affected by Coronavirus (ANVAC) on October 18, in Murcia, Spain. The Spanish flags are a tribute to COVID-19 deaths in the country.
A woman walks with her daughter next to an installation at Isidoro Medina Park by the National Association of Victims and People Affected by Coronavirus (ANVAC) on October 18, in Murcia, Spain. The Spanish flags are a tribute to COVID-19 deaths in the country. Javi Carrión/Europa Press/Getty Images

Spain has added 37,889 Covid-19 cases to its tally over the weekend, bringing the total number to 974,449, according to data released by the country’s health ministry Monday.

The country’s death toll reached 33,992 with 217 new fatalities. 

Also on Monday, Navarra’s regional president, Maria Chivite, announced a lockdown and the closure of hospitality services starting Thursday in the region due to the increase of Covid-19 cases. The measures will last for 15 days, Chivite said. 

Navarra has reported a total of 25,799 cases, according to the same data released Monday. 

2:29 p.m. ET, October 19, 2020

French ICU patients top 2,000 for first time since May

From CNN’s Barbara Wojazer in Paris 

A nurse gets ready to enter a room to take care of a patient infected with COVID-19 at the intensive care unit of the Lariboisiere Hospital in Paris, on October 14.
A nurse gets ready to enter a room to take care of a patient infected with COVID-19 at the intensive care unit of the Lariboisiere Hospital in Paris, on October 14. Lucas Barioulet/AFP/Getty Images

The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units in France has risen above 2,000 on Monday for the first time since May 17. 

There are now 2,090 people in ICU with Covid-19, according to numbers released by the National Health Agency on Monday.

The number of patients hospitalized has also gone above the 11,000 threshold and reached 11,640 on Monday. On Sunday, 10,897 coronavirus patients were hospitalized.

There have been 13,243 new cases in the past 24 hours in France.

2:38 p.m. ET, October 19, 2020

West Virginia governor reports 18 Covid-19 outbreaks related to church services

From CNN’s Nakia McNabb

West Virginia Governor's Office
West Virginia Governor's Office

Eighteen outbreaks of Covid-19 stemming from church services have been reported in parts of West Virginia, Gov. Jim Justice said.

According to the governor, 13 counties —Berkeley, Doddridge, Harrison, Logan, Mason, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Putnam, Upshur, Wayne, Wetzel, and Wood — have reported the outbreaks.

“We all know that church is a place that absolutely this killer can really thrive. We're singing, we love to see all those that we love and that are in our church family with us. It's an absolute place where a lot of our elderly go and we've got to wear a mask, stay a pew apart, and from the standpoint of our elderly, you can get your services online or something like that,” Justice said.

The governor also reported 43 outbreaks at long-term care facilities and 12 new cases at three correctional facilities. Justice said schools have reported 19 outbreaks with 59 confirmed cases.

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported 212 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the active case total to 5,095. To combat the rising case numbers, the West Virginia National Guard has distributed over 19 million pieces of personal protective equipment to all 55 counties, the governor said.

2:26 p.m. ET, October 19, 2020

Long-term heart damage likely in some Covid-19 survivors, review finds

From CNN’s Maggie Fox

Long-term heart damage is likely in some survivors of Covid-19, a team of doctors reported Monday.

It dysregulates the way the blood clots, damages the lungs and their ability to process fresh oxygen into the blood, they wrote in a review for the American College of Cardiology.

Patients who have had to undergo ventilation – and the medicated sedation that goes along with that – are most in danger, Dr. Sean Pinney of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and colleagues wrote. They noted that about a third of survivors of the closely-related severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus in 2003-2004 had persistently abnormal lung function a year after illness, with lower exercise capacity – and Covid-19 appears to damage the heart even more.

A second study noted a kind of damage to the heart known as myocardial injury in about a quarter of coronavirus patients.

A third study in the same journal noted that patients with excess body fat, uncontrolled blood sugar, high blood pressure and high cholesterol have much higher risks of complications from coronavirus. Many Americans have all four problems, they noted.

Doctors need to be aware of these risks, they said, and the findings make it more important than ever for Americans to control their blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure and weight.

Watch more:

2:01 p.m. ET, October 19, 2020

New Jersey residents should not travel, governor says

From CNN's Julian Cummings

New Jersey Governor's Office
New Jersey Governor's Office

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said "my advice is not to travel frankly" when asked about the state's seven-day average of Covid-19 infections.

New Jersey's average infection rate now qualifies for the state's own quarantine list it has with New York and Connecticut, Murphy said.

“We are going to focus on getting our numbers down.” Murphy added. 

The state of New Jersey has already been on quarantine lists for Vermont and Massachusetts, according to Murphy. 

Murphy said he has not spoken to the governors of New York and Connecticut directly about the quarantine list but remains in active contact with them regarding “a number of things.”

Murphy followed up on his comments advising NJ residents not to travel and said that it is ok for New Jersey residents to commute to work in other states and that traveling into New York and back is not a “quarantine event.”

“I would prefer they don’t travel and I don’t mean commuting into work and back although there is a lot less of that than there was 8 months ago, but I mean just as a general matter.” Murphy said. 

Murphy again said that he would take a scalpel with regard to new closings in the state and that “everything remains on the table."