"I'm trying to figure out how we're triaging the supplies that we have," South Dakota GOP Gov. Noem tells POTUS on a conf call w/ governors. She says she's been asking for more test supplies to no avail.

Trump cuts her off to say "there is tremendous supply."

"Alright, Kristi. Alright," Trump says to South Dakota's Gov. Noem, after she says she needs more testing resources and wants to raise another issue w/ him.

https://twitter.com/meredithllee/status/1240729303618408449

This new ad from @ForTheRuleOfLaw will run Friday morning on Fox and Friends.

"We pretty much shut it down...It'll be down to close to zero...It's really working out...No, I don't take responsibility at all."

America needs a president who tells the truth. Our lives depend on it.

https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/1240716869729783808

Close up of President @realDonaldTrump notes is seen where he crossed out "Corona" and replaced it with "Chinese" Virus as he speaks with his coronavirus task force today at the White House. #trump #trumpnotes

An 81-year-old died at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit from coronavirus/COVID-19, according to a statement from the Henry Ford Health System.

The 81-year-old patient died Wednesday, the third reported coronavirus-related death of the day. Two deaths have happened in Wayne County and a third happened in Oakland County.

Henry Ford Hospital did not say if the patient was a man or a woman.

““We are deeply saddened by this outcome and our hearts remain with the patient’s family and friends,” said Bob Riney, President, Healthcare Operations and chief operating officer, Henry Ford Health System.

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/henry-ford-hospital-in-detroit-reports-coronavirus-related-death-3rd-in-24-hours

Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and a senior adviser, has created his own team of government allies and private industry representatives to work alongside the administration’s official coronavirus task force, adding another layer of confusion and conflicting signals within the White House’s disjointed response to the crisis.

Kushner, who joined the administration’s coronavirus efforts last week, is primarily focused on attempting to set up drive-through testing sites with the help of technology and retail executives, as well as experts in health-care delivery. The goal, officials familiar with the work said, is to have limited testing in a handful of cities running by Friday and to expand the project from there.

But Kushner’s team is causing confusion among many officials involved in the response, who say they are unsure who is in charge given Kushner’s dual role as senior adviser and Trump family member. Some have privately dubbed his team a “shadow task force” whose requests they interpret as orders they must balance with regular response efforts.

Some members of Kushner’s team are working out of offices on the seventh floor of Health and Human Services headquarters — one floor above the office of HHS secretary Alex Azar — while others are working out of an office in the West Wing of the White House, officials said.

They include representatives of companies such as UPS, FedEx and Flatiron Health, as well as Kushner allies inside the government such as Brad Smith, director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.

Two senior officials said some government officials have become increasingly confused as they have received emails from private industry employees on Kushner’s team and have been on conference calls with them, unsure what their exact role is in the government response. Several people involved in the response said the involvement of outside advisers — who are emailing large groups of government employees from private email addresses — also raises legitimate security concerns about whether these advisers are following proper government protocols.

“We don’t know who these people are,” one senior official said. “Who is this? We’re all getting these emails.”

Kushner defended his role in an interview, saying his team’s goal was to bring “an entrepreneurial approach” to the crisis.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kushner-coronavirus-team-sparks-confusion-plaudits-inside-white-house-response-efforts/2020/03/18/02038a16-6874-11ea-9923-57073adce27c_story.html

I received this email from an RN at a hospital in the United States.

I have verified their identity.

I have only redacted their name and the name of the city where their hospital is located.

Please read.