TERMINER DIRECTION THIS EVENING. ALYX: SOUNDS GOOD. NOW TO THE BIG HEADLINES IN THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK. HOSPITALS ARE TAKING A HUGE HIT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. A NEW REPORT SHOWS IOWA HOSPITALS LOST NEARLY HALF $1 BILLION IN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THE CRISIS. THIS MORNING, THE U.S. SURPASSED YET ANOTHER DISTURBING RECORD. THE COUNTRY RECORDED OVER 241,000 INFECTIONS YESTERDAY, THE HIGHEST SINGLE-DAY TOTAL SO FAR. IT COMES AS CONGRESSIONAL LAWMAKERS RACE TO REACH A DEAL ON A NEAR TRILLION DOLLAR COVID-19 RELIEF PACKAGE. A VOTE COULD COME THIS WEEKEND HAND THIS MORNING, THAT NEW REPORT SHOWS IOWA HOSPITALS ARE NOT ONLY OVERWHELMED, THEY ARE STRAPPED FOR CASH. ERIC: IT’S A TOUGH TIME. KCCI’S TOMMIE CLARK IS LIVE AT THE IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION WITH THE REPORT’S FINDINGS, TOMMIE? TOMMIE: THE IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION SAYS HOSPITALS ACROSS THE STATE OF IOWA ARE PROJECTED TO LOSE OUT ON HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. THE REPORT SAYS COLVIN 19 WILL HAVE A $433 MILLION IMPACT ON THE STATE’S HOSPITALS THIS YEAR -- COVID-19. NOW THE STATE IS CALLING FOR MORE FUNDING. PRESIDENT KIRK NORTH SAYS UNTIL MORE RELEASE COMES HOSPITALS , SHOULD START MAKING CHANGES TO THEIR OPERATIONS. THAT WAY THEY CAN ENSURE THERE WILL BE NO CUTS. >> ABSORBING THESE COSTS AND THEN MAKING THE TRANSITIONS YOU NEED TO MAKE, WHICH WILL, ULTIMATELY IF YOU CAN’T RECOVER THESE LOSSES, IT WILL RESULT IN FEWER JOBS IN IOWA HOSPITALS. TODAY WE HAVE ABOUT 70,000 IOWANS EMPLOYED IN OUR HOSPITALS. TOMMIE: DATA SHOWS THESE AREAS ARE WHERE THE LOSSES WERE FILED THE MOST FROM MARCH TO OCTOBER. THE MAIN TWO ARE A 26% INCREASE IN EXPENSES PER DISCHARGE, AND A 29% DECLINE IN OPERATING MARGINS. FOR NOW LIV