- Nearly 1 in 4 Americans are under orders to close up shop and stay at home, as New Jersey joined four other states - California, New York, Illinois and Connecticut - in imposing the unprecedented restrictions.
- The stimulus package under negotiation in the Senate to combat the economic damage from the pandemic will total more than $2T, according to White House Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow. That's equal to about 10% of U.S. economic output.
- The FDA has approved the first rapid coronavirus diagnostic test - with a detection time of about 45 minutes - made by California-based molecular diagnostics company Cepheid.
- Manhattan's Javits Center has topped NY Governor Andrew Cuomo's list of locations to be turned into field hospitals to test and possibly treat cases of COVID-19 infections. By Saturday night, the state's total number of confirmed cases had grown to 11,710, including 60 deaths.
- U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence have both tested negative for the coronavirus.
- The U.S. has conducted more than 150,000 tests in total, according to the COVID Tracking Project. As of Saturday evening, at least 23,941 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the U.S. and 306 people have died from the disease.
- Across the globe...
- Britain's National Health Service could be "overwhelmed" by the coronavirus like the Italian health system in just two weeks, warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
- A U.S. offer to help Iran in its fight against the pandemic is strange, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a televised speech, describing American leaders as "charlatans and liars."