Updates

NY Times: Coronavirus Updates: Infections Approach 90,000 as U.S. Scrambles to Slow Spread - A second death was registered in the United States, both of them in a Seattle suburb, as the number of cases in the country jumped to 88. The European Union raised its alert level to high. “There will be community spread,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York warned.

In China, where the epidemic erupted and where the overwhelming majority of cases have been identified, officials reported 202 new cases — the lowest daily total since January.