The latest on the coronavirus pandemic

New York City is on track to enter phase four of reopening on Monday with specific modifications, including continuing to stall the restart of indoor dining, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Indoor dining will not resume in phase four as its considered “high risk," de Blasio said. 

Malls and museums will also be “still closed for now," he added.

Here's what will open in phase four: Low-risk outdoor entertainment activities, including things like botanical gardens and zoos, can reopen at a reduced capacity of 33%. 

Production of movies and TV shows can proceed, the mayor said, and sports can come back but without audiences.

He also announced the city is adding 40 more blocks for restaurants on open streets beginning this weekend. 

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who filed a lawsuit against the Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms over her city's mask mandate, said the city order "cannot be enforced."

"I refuse to sit back and watch as disastrous policies threaten the lives and livelihoods of our citizens. We will fight to stop reckless actions and put people over pandemic politics," he added.

Here's the backstory on the Kemp-Bottoms feud:

A union representing about 5,000 Jackson Health System employees in Miami-Dade is demanding hazard pay as Covid-19 hospitalizations continue to grow, according to Rene Sanchez, president of the union AFSCME Local 1363.

In a statement to CNN, Jackson Health System said it “simply cannot afford to provide hazard pay” to employees at this time.

The AFSCME Local 1363 represents licensed practical nurses, respiratory therapists, radiology techs, security workers and finance personnel, among others, according to Sanchez.

Sanchez said union members are facing increased exposure to Covid-19 as they see double and triple the amount of patients, increased workloads and decreased staffing. Hospital security specialists are working in new roles like screening patients as they enter the hospitals. 

Jackson Health explained its financial situation in a statement: “As we shifted our operations to focus solely on providing the best care to hospitalized Covid patients and others who need emergency, lifesaving care, Jackson leadership made the prudent decision to stop elective procedures, which brings in the most revenue to Jackson. That, along with the high costs associated with overtime, supplies, and emergency staffing, have pushed our health system toward a dire financial crisis, yet no employees have been laid off, furloughed, or had their salaries reduced.” 

Sanchez says he went public with this pay issue because as the pandemic continues to surge he worries about the members of the AFSCME Local 1363. 

States depend on testing data to make crucial decisions on reopenings and resources. But that data is lagging as testing sites get backed up.

Tests are being done in much larger numbers — a positive development. But the increase is also slowing down results, and officials want to reduce wait times for results.

He wants test results back as fast as possible, but a three-day turnaround is "very reasonable," he said.

Commercial labs have said they are backed up, with results often taking as long as seven days to turn around. "I'm never going to say that I'm happy with any turnaround time, Giroir added.

Giroir says 700,000 to 800,000 people are being tested each day. That means it'll be a week before officials know how many of them are infected.

Test results provide important information for contract tracers trying to find people who might be infected. When testing results are delayed more than three days, not even perfect contact tracing can keep the spread of the virus from accelerating, researchers have warned.

Meanwhile, the US shattered another daily coronavirus record yesterday and health officials warned hospitalizations are getting out of control in some areas.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said he called on local leaders last week, and is calling on them again today to enforce the current executive order instead of “issuing mandates that are confusing and unenforceable.”

Kemp urged local leaders to use their bully pulpit and social platforms to build support for wearing masks.

Some context: Kemp announced Thursday he is suing Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms over the city's mask mandate, claiming the measure violates his emergency orders.

Earlier in the week, Kemp issued an executive order voiding masks mandates imposed by some local governments. The order also extended the state's public emergency and said face coverings are "strongly encouraged," but not required.

"This lawsuit is on behalf of the Atlanta business owners and their hardworking employees who are struggling to survive during these difficult times," Kemp tweeted of his lawsuit. "These men and women are doing their very best to put food on the table for their families while local elected officials shutter businesses and undermine economic growth."

The lawsuit marks a stunning escalation in the brewing feud between Kemp and Bottoms after the Atlanta mayor introduced her mandatory mask ordinance. Under her order, not wearing a mask within Atlanta's city limits was punishable by a fine and even up to six months in jail.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said “too many leaders” in the US are “still playing politics” with the virus – reiterating his message that Covid-19 responds to science and data “not political opinion.”

The latest numbers in the state: There were 10 deaths reported across New York state Thursday, including two in Queens, bringing the state death toll to at least 25,024, the governor's office said in a release. 

New York state added 776 Covid-19 cases, marking a 0.99% positivity rate across the entire state, Cuomo said. The state has reported a total of at least 405,551 confirmed cases.

Patient hospitalizations are down to 765, the lowest since March 18. 

New York City reported a 1% positivity in testing for Thursday. 

Remember: These numbers were released by New York State’s public health agency, and may not line up exactly in real time with CNN’s database, which is drawn from Johns Hopkins University and the Covid Tracking Project.

The main floor of Florida's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Tallahassee has been emptied out for cleaning and is closed until Monday after 12 workers tested positive for Covid-19, Jason Mahon, Florida Division of Emergency Management communications director, tells CNN.

Over the past two and a half weeks, 12 people have tested positive, including four positive results yesterday, Mahon said. Employees have been tested twice a week for several weeks, according to Mahon. 

The EOC has two buildings, the main EOC and another building. The first floor of the main building has been closed for cleaning, Mahon said.

People in other parts of the building can enter and work in their offices, but they must isolate in their offices, while other people are working from home, according to Mahon.

A total of 200 people have been working in the two buildings which houses several agencies, Mahon said. 

The Covid-19 response has not slowed down, Mahon says.

An unpublished document prepared for the White House coronavirus task force and obtained by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit newsroom, recommends that 18 states in the coronavirus “red zone” for cases should roll back reopening measures amid surging cases.

The “red zone” is defined in the 359-page report as “those core-based statistical areas (CBSAs) and counties that during the last week reported both new cases above 100 per 100,000 population, and a diagnostic test positivity result above 10%.”

The following states are in the red zone for cases:

The report also says the following 11 states are in the red zone for test positivity: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas, Washington. The 11 states in the red zone for test positivity are also in the red zone for cases, with the exception of Washington state.

The report outlines measures counties in the red zone should take. It encourages residents to “wear a mask at all times outside the home and maintain physical distance.” And it recommends that public officials “close bars and gyms” and “limit social gatherings to 10 people or fewer, which would mean rolling back reopening provisions in these places.

Remember: The report comes despite President Trump’s insistence that states reopen and a push to send the nation’s children back to school, even as cases increase.

“Now we're open, and we want to stay open and we will stay open. We're not closing. We'll put out the fires as they come out,” Trump said at a White House event earlier this month.

Devin O’Malley, spokesperson for Vice President Mike Pence and the task force, didn’t dispute the document’s authenticity, and said the report showed “encouraging signs” amid the pandemic.

Dr. Deborah Birx also said earlier this month that people living in states with coronavirus surges should return to the White House's original "phase one" recommendations on gatherings. 

Intensive care units in Miami-Dade County, the epicenter of the virus in Florida, are at 107% bed capacity, according to the latest “Moving to a New Normal Dashboard” released by the county's government.

In the past 14 days, Miami-Dade County has seen an increase in the number of Covid-19 patients being hospitalized (46%), in the number of ICU beds being used (54%) and in the use of ventilators (86%), according to the latest data released by the county's government.

There were a total of 472 Covid-19 ICU patients on Thursday and an ICU bed capacity of 440.

Meanwhile, county officials reported a staggering 14-day average Covid-19 positivity rate of 27%.