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Spain's health ministry on Monday reported 462 deaths from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours. A man wearing a face mask is wheeled into La Paz hospital in Madrid, March 23, 2020, amid a national lockdown to fight the spread of the coronavirus.
A man wearing a face mask is wheeled into La Paz hospital in Madrid, March 23, 2020, amid a national lockdown to fight the spread of the coronavirus.The country's death toll from COVID-19 has now topped 2,000. Spain has the third-highest number of recorded deaths in the outbreak, following China and Italy. With over 33,000 diagnosed cases, Spain is behind the United States and Italy in the highest national total outside China.The Chinese city of Wuhan, the original epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, has reported no new confirmed cases for the past five days. The city is still considered a high-risk zone but signs of life are reappearing on the streets as authorities begin to relax some of the strict measures that were put in place. Road checkpoints are being removed and some private vehicles have returned to the streets. The city's subway system remains shut down but has begun trial runs as health workers disinfect the subway cars and stations. Workers wearing face masks remove barriers on a street in Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, as the city has started to loosen its lockdown, in Hubei province, China, on March 21, 2020. Workers wearing face masks remove barriers on a street in Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, as the city has started to loosen its lockdown, in Hubei province, China, on March 21, 2020.City leaders met Monday to discuss scheduling the resumption of work and production. Monday marks two months since Chinese authorities placed Wuhan on lockdown as the virus spread like wildfire throughout the city and the greater Hubei province. "The meeting emphasized the need to make overall plans to restore economic and social order, and actively and steadily promote orderly resumption of work and production," the Wuhan government said in a statement Monday."It is necessary to speed up the resumption of production and industrial enterprises, the return of stores and supermarkets as soon as possible, the orderly restoration of public transportation, the safe and orderly movement of personnel, and the guarantee of resumption of production and market."Florida is closing all of its state parks to the public due to the coronavirus crisis. At the direction of the governor and to successfully uphold social distancing guidance from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection said it will close all state parks to the public, effective Monday. The Sunshine State is home to nearly 200 state parks and trails. A beach entrance is closed off along the boardwalk in Miami Beach, Florida, on March 22, 2020. The city of Miami Beach has closed all parks and beaches due to the novel coronavirus, however the boardwalk remains open for people to exercise. A beach entrance is closed off along the boardwalk in Miami Beach, Florida, on March 22, 2020. The city of Miami Beach has closed all parks and beaches due to the novel coronavirus, however the boardwalk remains open for people to exercise.A notice on the Florida State Parks website said the Department of Environmental Protection"has taken many measures to continue providing resource recreation at our state parks during this time, such as limiting operating hours and reducing visitor capacity at parks with high visitation." "Unfortunately," the notice continued,"this has not resulted in the reductions needed to best protect public health and safety as Florida continues to mitigate the spread of COVID-19." There are more than 1,000 diagnosed cases of the novel coronavirus in Florida, and at least 13 of those patients have died, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering.A U.S. Secret Service employee is in quarantine after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, the agency confirmed in a statement late Sunday night. "The Secret Service has conducted a comprehensive contact trace assessment and determined that the employee has not had contact with any Secret Service employee or protectee for nearly three weeks," the agency said.3:00 a.m.: Japan to begin quarantining all visitors from the US Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Monday that his country will require a 14-day quarantine to all visitors from the U.S. amid an escalating number of coronavirus infections around the globe. The quarantine requirement includes Japanese and American citizens and will go into effect Thursday until the end of April. The move comes after Japan raised its travel advisory for the U.S., urging Japanese citizens not to make nonessential trips to the nation. Visitors wearing protective face masks amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus look at blooming cherry blossoms at Ueno park in Tokyo, Japan, on March 22, 2020. Visitors wearing protective face masks amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus look at blooming cherry blossoms at Ueno park in Tokyo, Japan, on March 22, 2020.Abe said the new requirement is in line with containment measures taken by other countries, including the United States, which has reported a surge in new COVID-19 cases in recent weeks.3:00 a.m.: Plan for Olympics not yet decided Japan appears to have successfully slowed the spread of the virus on its soil, with just 1,101 diagnosed cases as of Monday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering., slated to kick off on July 24,"may become inevitable" if the pandemic makes it impossible to hold the event safety. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame is displayed in the city of Ofunato in Japan's Iwate prefecture on March 23, 2020. The flame arrived on March 20, 2020, in Miyagi prefecture, north of Tokyo, following the traditional lighting ceremony in Greece which took place without spectators due to a pandemic of the novel coronavirus. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame is displayed in the city of Ofunato in Japan's Iwate prefecture on March 23, 2020. The flame arrived on March 20, 2020, in Miyagi prefecture, north of Tokyo, following the traditional lighting ceremony in Greece which took place without spectators due to a pandemic of the novel coronavirus.The International Olympic Committee’s executive board has announced a plan to analyze the situation over the next few weeks and make a decision that could include, although the board emphasized that it has no current plans to outright cancel the games. A number of Olympic athletes have called on organizers to postpone or cancel the games due to the pandemic. “If it is difficult to hold in a complete way, a decision of postponement would be unavoidable,” Japan's prime minister said during a parliamentary session in Tokyo Monday. ABC News' Aicha El Hammar, Rachel Katz, Alexander Malin, Christine Theodorou and Karson Yiu contributed to this report.
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