National and global coronavirus news for Tuesday, June 2, 2020

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is committed to providing our readers with comprehensive coverage of the coronavirus.

This daily live blog will provide the latest updates, news and details of COVID-19 from media outlets and social media sources nationally and internationally.

1:44 p.m.

1245pm update: 18,354 confirmed #COVID19 cases in Alabama
- 292 in Baldwin County (9 deaths)
-2,271 in Mobile County (118 deaths)
NEW from ADPH: Mobile County cases by day pic.twitter.com/UNuGouh7x6
— Bob Grip (@Bob_Grip) June 2, 2020

11:53 a.m.

#BREAKING @chicagosmayor says she will allow the city to move forward with phase three reopening tomorrow as planned despite days of chaos @ABC7Chicago. Says business owners pleaded with her to move forward
— liz nagy (@liznagy) June 2, 2020

10:34 a.m.

We have 5,617 confirmed #COVID19 cases in Davidson County as of today, an increase of 100 in the past 24 hours. Please continue to follow our #RoadmapforReopening Nashville plan and help us keep our community safe. https://t.co/MHwthp6uAR pic.twitter.com/hKN0DoHd8k
— Mayor John Cooper (@JohnCooper4Nash) June 2, 2020

7:00 a.m.

The first major federal effort to measure the deadly impact of the new coronavirus in nursing homes found around 26,000 deaths, a total that likely falls short of the full toll https://t.co/IpamNGJ59l
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 2, 2020

6:45 a.m.

Recordings of internal WHO meetings show officials complained about the lack of coronavirus data from China in January — at a time when the outbreak might arguably have been dramatically slowed, the @AP has found. https://t.co/cL8FBRD5lu
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 2, 2020

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