This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in Eastern time. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks.
- Global cases: More than 1,619,495
- Global deaths: At least 97,200
- US cases: More than 466,396
- US deaths: At least 16,703
The data above was compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
10:17 am: Boeing weighs options to reduce payroll by 10%
Boeing is considering a range of options to reduce its payroll by approximately 10%, sources familiar with the plan confirmed to CNBC.
No decision has been reached yet but the final reduction would likely include voluntary layoffs, early retirements, natural attrition and potentially mandatory layoffs. Boeing is not manufacturing any commercial airplanes due to the coronavirus pandemic.
10:00 am: Outbreak in Detroit exposes the city’s racial and economic divides
While the Detroit is known for its toughness and grit, it also has widespread poverty, which makes it harder for many residents to get the health care and medications they need. Despite a thriving downtown for the first time in decades, Detroit’s rapid rise as a nationally recognized hot spot for the pandemic has magnified the city’s racial and socioeconomic inequities and made the jobs of doctors and nurses caring for patients with COVID-19 more complex.
Black people make up about 14% of Michigan’s population, but 33% of its coronavirus cases and 40% of all COVID-19 deaths.
9:54 am: Wild animals roam empty streets in cities across the world
Wild animals have begun moving into cities as people remain in lockdown around the world. Peacocks stroll the streets of Ronda, Spain; a gang of goats wander around a seaside town in North Wales; a puma climbs down from the Andes Mountains into Santiago, Chile; and coyotes trot around San Francisco.
Check out more photos and stories of wild animals spotted around the world here.
9:44 am: U.S. Dept. of HHS begins delivering $30 billion in aid
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it will begin distributing an initial $30 billion in relief funding to health-care providers on Friday, which is part of the $100 billion relief fund passed in the coronavirus aid, relief and economic security, or CARES, act. The funding will be used to support health-care-related expenses or lost revenue caused by the coronavirus and will provide testing and treatment for uninsured Americans so they don’t receive “a surprise bill from a provider,” according to a statement released by HHS. The department said it is partnering with UnitedHealth Group to deliver the initial $30 billion.
HHS said the initial distribution of relief funds will go to hospitals and providers that are enrolled in Medicare. The department and the Trump administration are working on additional relief fund distributions that will focus on providers particularly impacted by COVID-19, rural providers and other providers that serve the Medicaid population, HHS said.
9:40 am: New York State now has more cases than any other country outside the U.S.
9:26 am: England’s death toll rises by 866 in 24 hours
Deaths from coronavirus in English hospitals rose by 866 in the past 24 hours, Reuters reported Friday. The death toll in now 8,114, according to health officials. Fifty-six of those who died had no known preexisting health condition.
8:30 am: British Prime Minister Johnson transferred out of ICU
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was admitted to the hospital last weekend after experiencing severe symptoms from the coronavirus, was transferred out of the intensive care unit and into the regular hospital ward Friday, his spokesman said.
“The prime minister is back on a ward and continuing his recovery which is at an early stage. He continues to be in very good spirits,” the spokesman said.
Johnson was moved to the ICU on Monday after his symptoms worsened.
8:11 am: Trump urges Congress to approve small business funding, no adds
U.S. President Donald Trump said the funding measure to help small business should be approved by Congress with no additions, as a partisan skirmish in the U.S. Senate cut short a Republican effort to speed the $250 billion in new assistance.
“Democrats are blocking a 251 Billion Dollar funding boost for Small Businesses which will help them keep their employees. It should be for only that reason, with no additions. We should have a big Infrastructure Phase Four with Payroll Tax Cuts & more. Big Economic Bounceback!” Trump said in a Twitter post. —Reuters
Read CNBC’s coverage from CNBC’s Asia-Pacific and Europe teams overnight here: Germany cases jump more than 5,300; outbreak at Chicago’s largest jail
Correction: This story was updated to reflect New York state has more confirmed cases than any other country outside the U.S.
