A letter from President Donald Trump to the nation's governors is photographed Thursday, March 26, 2020. Trump says that federal officials are developing guidelines to rate counties by risk of virus spread and that he wants to begin easing nationwide guidelines meant to stem the coronavirus outbreak. In the letter, Trump says the new guidelines are meant to enable state and local leaders to make "decisions about maintaining, increasing, or relaxing social distancing and…
March 26, 2020
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March 26, 2020 6:17 p.m.
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
The number of people around the world who have contracted the coronavirus has surged past 500,000, and the United States tops the list, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally.