How a private security firm helped 144 stranded North Americans leave Honduras on a jet
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/23/private-security-firm-north-americans-honduras-145224
COVID-19: Section 144 imposed in Malappuram and Ernakulam as Kerala begins lockdown
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/covid-19-section-144-imposed-malappuram-and-ernakulam-kerala-begins-lockdown-120965
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-deaths-in-england-rise-to-128-11960226 (changed to 144)
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/covid-19-144-000-deutsche-wollen-wegen-coronavirus-aus-dem.1939.de.html?drn:news_id=1112537 (144K Germans want to return home from abroad because of CV)
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200324_13/ (France fining 135 Euro or 144 Dollar for breaking curfew without reason)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/france-urged-to-free-prisoners-to-thwart-virus-in-crowded-jails (144 jails overcroweded, France mulls releasing prisoners)
Such a random number.