Coronavirus live updates: China reports 30 new cases, 3 more deaths
China's National Health Commission reported 30 new cases, and three more deaths as of April 4.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that 1,000 military personnel are deploying to New York City to help fight the coronavirus. The country's total now stands at 10,237 cases, and 183 fatalities. The government said Saturday that it would extend its social distancing measures by another two weeks in an attempt to curb the number of new infections to around 50 a day, according to a Reuters report. —China's National Health Commission reported 30 new cases, and three more deaths as of April 4. Of those, it said 25 were "imported," or attributed to people traveling from overseas.
"The Detroit area, the New York area, the Louisiana area ... They're all on the upside of the curve of mortality," Birx said at a White House briefing. "By the predictions that are in that healthdata.org, they're predicting in those three hotspots, all of them hitting together in the next six to seven days."
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