The global death toll from the coronavirus now tops 100,000, and more than 1.6 million COVID-19 cases have been confirmed worldwide, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The United States is now reporting more than 18,000 deaths.
For millions across the globe, Easter weekend will be unlike any other in recent memory. Christians are marking Good Friday in isolation.
Most Americans continue to think the battle against the coronavirus outbreak is going badly, and few would feel comfortable being out in crowded spaces now, a new CBS News poll found.
There are encouraging signs, though, that two hard-hit states are starting to turn a corner in their virus fight. The number of people being hospitalized with COVID-19 in New York and California is falling.
“The bad news is we continue to lose a tremendous number of lives and endure great pain as a state,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Friday as he announced 777 more fatalities. “I understand, intellectually, why it’s happening. It doesn’t make it any easier to accept.”
Detailed information from the CDC on coronavirus treatment and prevention.
