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US coronavirus cases soar past 8,500 as officials try to head off overwhelming effects

(ITNTV)The number of coronavirus cases in the United States keeps jumping each day by the hundreds, pushing health care officials and political leaders to take steps to keep the pandemic from overwhelming the system.
The battle is to get equipment and beds to doctors and nurses and to stem the economic fallout by taking measures to provide financial relief.
The bad news is, as more tests become available, more people will find out they have Covid-19, the disease caused by the new virus.
    That means many more patients at already stressed hospitals. Governors and mayors are trying to do their part by seeking more items such as masks and ventilators and calling for their citizens to avoid others until the number of cases doesn't look like a steep hill, both on paper and in reality.
    Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan told CNN's Wolf Blitzer he is concerned about medical shortages.

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