Governors feel heat to reopen from protesters, president

The daily increase in deaths in New York state fell below 550 for the first time in more than two weeks as hospitalizations continued to decline.But the crisis is far from over: Hospitals are still reporting nearly 2,000 new COVID-19 patients per day, and nursing homes remain a “feeding frenzy for this virus,” he said.“We are not at a point when we are going to be reopening anything immediately,” Cuomo said.In Texas, several hundred people rallied on steps of the state Capitol to call for an end to social restrictions. It said the countries were committed to “coordinate on public health, travel, trade, economic and financial measures in order to minimize disruptions and recover stronger.”Those efforts include maintaining “air, land and marine transportation links” to ensure the continued flow of goods including medical equipment and aid, and the return home of travelers, they said after a virtual meeting late Friday.There have been tentative signs that measures to curb the outbreak are working, with the rate of new infections slowing across Europe.France and Spain started dismantling some field hospitals, while the number of active cases in Germany has slowly declined over the past week as people recover.France’s national health agency said Saturday that the number of virus patients in intensive care dropped for the 10th day straight, and overall virus hospitalizations have fallen for three consecutive days.