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b'Did you know that all five of the current initial Governors who\'ve put their state under COVID-19 lock-down, are Democrats? Well, they are. Not, that we care about either one of the political parties, this is just a very interesting fact that we had to share.

As COVID-19 continues to dramatically alter lives, the death toll in the U.S. and the rate of infection have begun to climb at alarming levels, with deaths nearly tripling and infections more than quadrupling since Monday.

There have been over 10,000 new cases of infection reported in the U.S. since Wednesday night.Tax Day has been moved back to July and U.S. students won\'t have to take annual state tests this year. California, New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania took bold action to slow the spread and in so doing ordered millions to stay in their homes unless absolutely necessary.The U.S. has recorded at least 249 deaths and over 19,285 confirmed cases of infection. Four days ago, those numbers stood at 85 deaths and 4,600 cases.



Worldwide, the death toll has topped 11,200, as Italy saw its biggest one-day increase Friday. There are more than 272,000 confirmed cases around the globe, according to the Johns Hopkins University data dashboard.

Among the measures Trump announced Friday; March 20, 2020:*

Restricting nonessential travel between the U.S. and Mexico
* Allowing borrowers with federal student loans to be able to pause their payments for two months without interest accruing
* Enacting the Defense Production Act to get critical medical supplies

Links:
1) https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
2) https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/03/20/coronavirus-updates-us-deaths-cases-stay-home-order-trump/2880695001/
3) https://nypost.com/2020/03/20/coronavirus-in-ny-cuomo-orders-lockdown-shuts-down-non-essential-businesses/
4) https://www.livescience.com/illinois-coronavirus-updates.html
5) https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/world-map.html
6) https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/19/bank-of-america-says-the-recession-is-already-here-jobs-will-be-lost-wealth-will-be-destroyed.html
7) https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/
8) https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/19/california-governor-issues-statewide-order-to-stay-at-home-effective-thursday-evening.html


* Host/News Reporter: Otis Cue Pate


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