US Total Passes 350k As Tri-State Area Cases, Deaths Surge: Live Updates
Summary:
- First ‘confrontation’ reported at White House task force
- ‘Peak week’ begins in the US
- Experts question drop in NYC hospitalizations, deaths
- Situation in Italy, Spain continues to improve as UK reports biggest jump in fatalities
- Belgium cases break above 20k
- Russia reports biggest jump in new cases
- CT, NJ, NY report jump in cases, deaths
- Iranian official death toll nears 4k
- Tokyo reports another 50+ cases
- UK death toll tops 50k
- NY reports disappointing jump in deaths
- Italy reports drop in cases, jump in deaths
- Global death passes 70k
- NYC expected to see 876 deaths during Thursday’s “peak”
- White House appears to strike truce with 3M
- Number of ‘recovered’ coronavirus patients hits 275k
- UAE reports slight uptick in new cases after curfew extension
- Portugal latest European country to report drop in cases
- India reports 488 new cases
- Chairman of House Armed Services committee says Acting Navy Sec. Modly should be fired.
- More experts warn deaths being undercounted in NYC
- Germany releases plan to get “back to normal” by April 19
- ACLU pushing for release of more ‘high risk’ prisoners at Oakdale prison
- Worker at Georgia nuclear power plant tests positive
- Cuomo doubles fine for breaking ‘social distancing’ rules
- Spain sees drop in deaths
- SK reports fewest new cases in weeks
- 3rd passenger dies aboard “Coral Princess”
- Abe rolls out state of emergency to begin Tuesday
- Trump “optimistic” about Sunday’s data
- Hospital operator Quorum facing bankruptcy amidst global health crisis
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Update (2020ET): Just a few hours after Chuck Schumer slammed Acting Navy Secretary Tom Modly for a speech he delivered aboard the USS Teddy Roosevelt where he insinuated that departing commander Capt. Brett Crozier was “an idiot” if he thought his letter wouldn’t leak to the press, House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith has taken things up a notch.
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