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Elon Musk Delivers 1,000 Artificial Respirators To California

To date, 2,246 cases of infection have been confirmed in the state, 42 of which have been fatal.

Tesla founder Elon Musk has kept his promise and provided the state of California with 1,000 medical ventilators, Californian Governor Gavin Newsom reported Monday.

“A few days ago I told them that [Musk] I’d probably have 1,000 fans this week. They have come to Los Angeles. […] It was a heroic effort, “Newsom said in a speech, transmitted through his Twitter account, about the situation created by the coronavirus.

Last Friday and on the same platform, the billionaire and investor told his followers that their factories were already producing the devices. “We are working on fans, although I think there will be no shortage when we can do enough to make it matter.” answered one of those who reproached him for not facing the covid-19 pandemic in the North American country. “We will manufacture the respirators if they are needed,” he reiterated, responding to another.


USA It is the third country with the highest number of confirmed cases of covid-19, and California is one of the most affected states nationwide. According to the latest data, of the 43,963 patients diagnosed with this disease nationwide, 2,246 are in California and 42 of them died (7.5% of the total of 560 fatalities in the United States).

Meanwhile, Tesla shares have lost more than half their price, having plunged from mid-February from $ 917 to around $ 430.

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