S now has the most diagnosed cases of Corona virus in the world, surpassing China in Italy.

And, of course, we all know that many are still trying to get tested in this country.

The president, just a short time ago, again talking about getting America back open, people back to work, saying, I think it's going to happen quickly as tonight we take you inside a hospital here in New York City, a staggering seen a doctor's plea for help tonight.

The numbers here In just one week's time, we've gone from 1100 reported cases to more than 80,000 and a grim new toll more than 1000 dead in the U.

S.

At least 28 states now under stay at home restrictions.

As President Trump sends that letter to governor, suggesting there could be some easing of restrictions at some point soon.

And tonight that scene inside just one hospital, Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York, where a doctor decided to record the images for herself to get them out to the American people tonight, New York's mayor, calling it the epicenter of the epicenter.

13 patients died at that hospital in 24 hours.

The number of patients hospitalized across the state, jumping 40% in a single day in Louisiana tonight, the spike in cases there as well.

A 17 year old has now died the toll for doctors and nurses on the front lines and nurse at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital dying from the virus.

And tonight, after that warning from New York's governor boarding, what's happening here will soon happen elsewhere in neighboring New Jersey.

There are nearly 2500 new reported cases since just yesterday.

Again, Dr Jen Aspirin here answering your questions.

And we begin tonight with that scene inside that New York City hospital, which Johnson leads us off tonight, an E R doctor taking us inside what's been called ground zero of America's Pandemic.

All that you see, they all have.

This is only one of several room Dr Colleen Smith at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York, sharing her story with ABC News and The New York Times.

The frustrating thing about all of this is it really just feels like it's too little, too late.

Like we knew Way knew what was coming overnight.

The number of deaths in New York jumping by more than 100 to at least 385.

At the hospital where Dr Smith works, 13 people died in just 24 hours.

Elmhurst Hospital in Queens is right now.

The epicenter within the epicenter today is kind of getting worse and worse Way had to get a a refrigerated truck to store the bodies of patients who are Dr Smith revealing the shortages.

They're up against 55 ventilators, a disappointing shipment of those lifesaving ventilators.

State health officials report that patients who need help breathing but don't have cove it usually spend 3 to 4 days on a ventilator, but cove it positive patients spend an average of 11 to 21 days.

The concern is that these all these ventilators that we're told are coming but haven't really started to materialize in large numbers.

Are they really coming?

Well, we really get them.

New York now getting the green light to split ventilators if needed.

We have approved the technology that allows one ventilator to serve two patients was not ideal.

But we believe it's workable.

The number of patients hospitalized in New York state jumping by 40% in a single day.

The line outside Elmhurst Hospital has been growing throughout the day.

Dozens of people, many of them wearing masks waiting to get inside health care workers on the front lines, Mount Sinai Hospital, confirming one of its nurses, passed away from Cove in 19.

Now so many more Answering the call.

In just the past 24 hours, at least 12,000 retired healthcare workers offering to pitch in New York University, allowing some of its medical students to graduate early to join the fight.

Officials warning the wave hitting New York will soon crash over other states.

In Louisiana, the spike in cases up 28% the fastest increase anywhere in the world.

More than 2300 people there now testing positive.

At least 83 dead tonight in Texas, the governor ordering all travelers from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and New Orleans to self quarantine for 14 days or face a fine or even jail time in Michigan cases now soaring into the thousands, doctors there are feeling it.

Theoden Final stress and the initial uncertainty.

Dr.

Eric Johnson making the painful decision to send his two Children to live with relatives out of state.

He's in a Detroit hospital 50 to 60 hours per week, worried about infecting his own family.

I'm definitely seeing kind of the worst cases.

But even as the crisis expanse, President Trump is looking to reopen the country soon today, sending the nation's governors a letter saying the administration is working on new guidelines categorizing counties as high risk, medium risk or low risk.

People want to go back to work.

I'm hearing.

I'm hearing it loud and clear from everybody.

I think it's gonna happen pretty quickly.

But one pastor in Arkansas with a warning.

37 people in his congregation outside Little Rock, testing positive after attending a Children's event at the church.

The pastor, Mark Polansky, is sick himself on Facebook, telling his members, I would love to have you take this medical threat more seriously, showing just how quickly this can spread among groups with Johnson back with us live tonight and what we all know, that New York's governor has been warning that what's happening in New York City will soon play out around this country and in neighboring New Jersey tonight.

Some very alarming numbers.

David, That's right.

New Jersey's governor reporting a jump of more than 2400 cases.

New cases that is since yesterday, citing.

It's a combination of ramped up testing but also an increase in community spread.

Resource is are so stretched thin that it's some of the state's testing locations.

They will soon on Lee test symptomatic health care workers and first responders.

David.

All right, Johnson leading us off tonight with Thank you Hi, everyone.

George Stephanopoulos here.

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