Italy Reports Surge In News Cases, Deaths; Israel Weighs Ban On Foreigners: Live Updates
Summary:
- Italy reports 2nd straight 1,000+ jump in cases, deaths jump 60%; mortality rate in Italy hits 5%
- New York State confirms 16 new cases bringing total north of 100
- Oregon declares state of emergency
- 16 million Italians wake up under quarantine
- Egypt reports Africa’s first coronavirus death, a German citizen
- Pope Francis cancels Sunday address
- Dr. Fauci warns community spread is getting out of control.
- ‘Grand Princess’ to dock in Oakland on Monday
- Saudi Arabia quarantines province
- France, Germany call for bans on events with over 1,000
- Still no word on timing of when ‘Grand Princess’ will land
- Patient in Japan develops meningitis
- Spain death toll hits 17, 600+ cases
- Cuomo says he wants to avoid closing NYC schools, transit if possible
- Iran official death toll hits 194
- Daegu Mayor says outbreak may be slowing as number of new cases falls
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Update (1530ET): Yesterday, we reported the six new cases of Covid-19 in British Columbia.
Now, officials in the province have identified another outbreak at a nursing home in the province, the second such outbreak in the Pacific Northwest, in addition to the nursing home in Kirkland, Washington. The pair was infected by a staff member at the Lynn Valley Care Center in North Vancouver. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the facility is basically on lockdown as the provincial authorities try to keep the virus from spreading.
As we head into the middle of the day in California, let’s circle back to the ‘Grand Princess’, the virus-plagued cruise ship drifting 20 nautical miles off the coast as it awaits plans to dock at the Port of Oakland on Monday. The ship’s captain, John Smith, said Sunday that the crew still doesn’t know at approximately what time they would be docking.
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