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This daily live blog will provide the latest updates, news and details of COVID-19 from media outlets and social media sources nationally and around the world.
5:30 p.m. Vice President Pence, Surgeon General and others update the nation after a meeting by the coronavirus task force. You can watch the update live below.
5:02 p.m.: According to several reports, more coronavirus deaths and cases have been reported in Washington's King County, which has been hit hardest by COVID-19. Washington state officials reported two new deaths, bringing the total deaths in the state to "at least 24," according to the Associated Press' Lisa Baumann. There were also 74 new cases confirmed Tuesday.
4:59 p.m. Massachusetts Democratic Party temporarily suspends caucuses.
4:55:Jamaica has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, which is reportedly an imported case. Dr. Christopher Tufton, Jamaica's Minister of Health, confirmed the presumptive case to be found in a female patient, who had travel from the United Kingdom.
4:28 p.m. Delta suspends all flights to Italy. Flights are cancelled from March 11 to April 30.
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2:09 p.m. German Chancellor Merkel, meanwhile President Trump says U.S. is "prepared" and it will "go away."
1:59 p.m. South American World Cup qualifiers to be delayed due to COVID-19 concerns.
1:35 p.m. Jamaica reports first case of coronavirus.
1:32 p.m. A numbers update comes from the Department of Defense at the Pentagon.
1:06 p.m. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement updates student visa rules as more universities move to online-only classes.
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12:30 p.m. New Rochelle, New York to implement one-mile containment area to prevent spread of virus.
12:06 p.m. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper also declares state of emergency over seven positive cases relate to domestic travel.
11:58 a.m. Colorado Governor Jared Polis declares state of emergency after 15 positive cases.
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Trump vows to help cruise and airline industries.
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11:11 a.m. Two new coronavirus cases reported in Moldova related to travel from Italy. The country has today banned entry to the country by all foreigners arriving by air from any country where cases of coronavirus have been confirmed.
10:55 a.m. The Georgia Chamber of Commerce has postponed two of its upcoming conferences in Dunwoody and Statesboro amid concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.
10:11 a.m. Seven cases of coronavirus reported in South Carolina. Four of the five cases appear to be related to a woman in her 80s who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Friday.
10:00 a.m. Stocks surge on Wall Street following worst day since 2008. U.S. stocks, oil and other financial markets around the world clawed back some of their historic plunge from a day before on hopes that the U.S. and other governments around the world will pump in more aid for the virus-weakened global economy.
8:30 a.m.: AJC airport blogger Kelly Yamanouchi reports Delta Air Lines is cutting flying by 15%.
8:05 a.m. Delta CEO says the Atlanta-based airline has seen a 25 to 30% decline in bookings due to the coronavirus, and he expects it to get worse.
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7:06 a.m. South Carolina confirms seven coronavirus cases, with most of them coming from one source, according to WJCL.
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1:44 a.m. Three charities including The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledge $125M to treatment development for COVID-19 coronavirus, according to Reuters.
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Stephanie Toone contributed to this report.
