1) White House officials predict that cities like New York, Detroit, and New Orleans will reach the peak of their coronavirus outbreaks within the next 6-7 days. 2) The U.S. has over 300,000 confirmed cases as of Saturday, with New York state being the hardest hit with nearly 114,000 cases. 3) Most states have now issued stay-at-home orders to try and slow the spread of the virus, as government officials warn that the next two weeks will be crucial.

1. U.S. Sees Virus Peak in Some Cities Next Week as Global
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Melissa Korn, Newley Purnell
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Confirmed coronavirus cases shot past 1.1 million globally,
with the U.S. firmly at the center of the global pandemic and
bracing for the country’s hardest weeks.
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2. Ministers explore steps to ease lockdown post-April 14
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Confirmed coronavirus cases shot past 1.1 million globally,
with the U.S. firmly at the center of the global pandemic and
bracing for the country’s hardest weeks.
White House coronavirus coordinator Deborah Birx said
during a White House briefing that modeling shows New
York, Detroit and New Orleans— and the areas around those
cities—will likely reach the peak of their outbreaks in the next
six to seven days.
She declined to predict how many people could perish in
those cities, noting that each place is different. But she said
that New York has seen several hundred deaths per day and
officials there have said that figure could increase into the
range of 500-700 people per day.
That’s very concerning to us,” Dr. Birx said.
Government officials are closely monitoring an uptick in cases in
Pennsylvania, Colorado and Washington, D.C., she said, explaining
that experts are hopefully social distancing in those places could

3. prevent those areas from seeing the same level of spread as New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut and part of Rhode Island are having.
“The next two weeks are extraordinarily important,” she said.
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“This is the moment to do everything that you can,” Dr. Birx said
later at the briefing, “Doing everything you can to keep your family
and your friends safe.”
“There will be a lot of death unfortunately,” President Trump said at
the briefing. But he added there would be less death than there would
have been without the federal government’s response to stop the
spread of the virus.
The U.S. has more than 300,000 cases, and New York state is hardest
hit with nearly 114,000 as of Saturday. Upward of 8,100 people in the
U.S. have died from Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus,
according to Johns Hopkins data. Roughly half of those are in New
York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
“It is like a fire spreading,” Mr. Cuomo added on Saturday.
Most states now have stay-at-home orders, with governors in
Alabama and Missouri announcing such restrictions Friday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday evening
recommended that all people wear face coverings in public,
especially in hot spots with high transmission rates.

4. Officials urged people to reserve surgical masks and N95 respirators
for medical first responders and instead encouraged the use of scarfs,
bandannas or other cloth coverings.
Continuation …..
President Xi Jinping and other leaders gathered Saturday in Beijing to
observe three minutes of silence as part of a national day of mourning
for Covid-19 victims.
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