The US coronavirus toll rises
Schools, temples, churches, and other large gathering places within much of the New York City suburb of New Rochelle will be shut down for two weeks as the state battles to contain one of the nation's worst coronavirus clusters.
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The National Guard will be called in to help clean facilities and deliver food, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.
Cuomo announced plans to enforce a "containment area" for a 1-mile radius around the center of the cluster, an area of Westchester County that includes much of the city of New Rochelle and stretches into the town of Eastchester.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the state had 174 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, second only to Washington state.
"This is literally a matter of life and death," Cuomo said.
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More than 100 cases are in Westchester County, tied to an Orthodox Jewish community where a lawyer was the first case in the region.
Any large gathering places, including several public schools, within the containment area, will be closed from Thursday through March 25, the governor said. Residents who live within the containment area will be free to leave their homes and the area so long as they have not otherwise been ordered to quarantine, Cuomo added.
In New York City, the United Nations closed its headquarters to the general public and suspended guided tours in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus.
US death toll rises to 28; confirmed cases at 1,023
The U.S. death toll due to coronavirus has risen to 28 as infections spread to all but a handful of states. The global death toll topped 4,200 and the number of confirmed cases approached 120,000.
New Jersey reported its first death, a 69-year-old Bergen County man with several underlying health complications including emphysema, diabetes, and hypertension.
State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said the man went into cardiac arrest Monday night and was revived, but died Tuesday morning after going into cardiac arrest again.
The number of U.S. confirmed cases rose to 1,025 early Wednesday, including Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announcing the state's first two cases and declaring a state of emergency.
The two people who have the virus — a man from Wayne County with a history of domestic travel and a woman from Oakland County who traveled internationally — are both are hospitalized, said Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, chief medical executive and chief deputy director for health at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
Donald Trump on coronavirus: 'It will go away, just stay calm'
President Donald Trump sought to allay concerns over the spread of coronavirus Tuesday on Capitol Hill after pitching Senate Republicans on his plan to provide relief to those affected by the economic uncertainty amid the outbreak.
"It will go away, just stay calm," he told reporters after the meeting. "Everybody has to be vigilant and has to be careful. But be calm. It's really working out."
The president's proposed stimulus package is expected to include a payroll tax cut, a provision that has been met with mixed reactions among some Republican senators.
"They were just about all there, mostly all there," Trump said.
Trump also said he feels "extremely good" and didn't "think it's a big deal" to be tested for coronavirus, and the White House doctor told him he saw "no reason to do it."
Some lawmakers who were in close contact with Trump in recent days have self-quarantined after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for coronavirus at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland last month.
Top among them was Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who flew with Trump aboard Air Force One from Florida back to Washington on Monday, and Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., who was recently named Trump's chief of staff.
Gaetz tweeted Tuesday that he tested negative but will remain in quarantine until Thursday.
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