Summary:

 

Santa Clara County total hits 20 as 6 new cases confirmed

San Francisco mayor reports first 2 cases in the city

SF closes a school after a student tests positive

First French lawmaker contracts the virus

New Jersey Lt. Gov confirms 2nd "presumptive" case

2 more cases confirmed in Texas's Harris County

NYC asks travelers from 5 countries to 'self-quarantine'

Trump refuses to answer questions about testing kit shortage

NY state cases double to 22

Washington state reports another 20 cases

Palestinian territories confirm 7 cases

Seattle closes 26 schools

Pentagon tracking 12 possible COVID-19 cases

35 passengers aboard 'Grand Princess' showing flu-like symptoms

Another senior Iranian figure dies

Illinois reports 5 more cases

NYC reports 2 more cases, raising total to 4

Italy postpones referendum vote; death toll hits 148

WHO's Tedros: "Now's the time to pull out the stops"

Tennessee confirms case

Nevada confirms first case

New Delhi closes primary schools

EU officials weigh pushing retired health-care workers back into service to combat virus

Italy to ask EU for permission to raise budget deficit as lawmakers approve €7.5 billion euros

Beijing tells residents not to share food

30-year-old Chinese man dies in Wuhan 5 days after hospital discharge

Cali authorities tell 'Grand Princess' cruise ship not to return to port until everyone is tested

Global case total passes 95k

Lebanon sees cases double to 31

France deaths climb to 7, cases up 138 to 423

EY sends 1,500 Madrid employees home after staffer catches virus

Trump says he has a "hunch" true virus mortality rate is closer to 1%

Switzerland reports 1st death

South Africa confirms 1st case

UK chief medical officer confirms 'human-to-human' infections are happening in UK

UK case total hits 115

Google, Apple, Netflix cancel events

HSBC sends research department and part of London trading floor home

Facebook contract infected in Seattle

Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Netflix cancel events and/or ask employees to work from home

Netherlands cases double to 82

Spain cases climb 40, 1 new death

Belgium reports 27 new cases bringing total to 50

Germany adds 87 cases bringing total to 349

 

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Update (1830ET): Following the disclosure of its first two cases, San Francisco has closed Lowell High School - a school that's located on the border of Parkside on the east side of town - after a student there reportedly tested positive for Covid-19. Earlier, Mayor Breed said there were two cases in the city, and that both were "contained". Some 3,000 students attend the school/

 

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