West Virginia governor announces 168 unreported COVID-19 deaths
The Republican governor on Monday had heralded a sharp drop in COVID-19 deaths since the beginning of the year, metrics health officials cited to support the governor easing restrictions on businesses. โI'm really sorry.โDr. Ayne Amjad, the state's health officer, said officials are waiting to find out if there are more unreported deaths. She blamed it on facilities not filling out death reports online to the state's health department in a timely matter. The single facility with the most unreported deaths was at a hospital in Parkersburg, Camden-Clark Medical Center Memorial Campus, with 12 fatalities. Itโs the second such discovery of dozens of unreported deaths during the pandemic in West Virginia.
Trump gives governors 3-phase plan to reopen economy
And they largely reinforce plans already in the works by governors, who have primary responsibility for public health in their states. โYouโre going to call your own shots,โ Trump told the governors Thursday afternoon in a conference call, according to an audio recording obtained by The Associated Press. In briefing governors on the plan, Trump said they were going to be responsible for deciding when it is safe to lift restrictions in their states. โWe have a very large number of states that want to get going and theyโre in very good shape,โ Trump said. Trump also held conference calls Thursday with lawmakers he named to a new congressional advisory task force on reviving the economy.