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law requiring people to cover their faces in public goes into effect the day after President Trump told governors that they could begin reopening businesses, restaurants and other elements of daily life by May 1 or earlier if they wanted.However, the official set of nonbinding guidelines released by the White House did not address a…

This is CNBC's live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks.Global cases: More than 2.15 million Global deaths: At least 144,243 Most cases reported: United States (671,331), Spain (184,948), Italy (168,941), France (147,091), and Germany (137,698). The data above was compiled by Johns Hopkins University as…

The new cloth mask requirement for residents comes as Dallas County surpasses 2,000 cases and reports 50 deaths. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins will require residents to wear cloth coverings beginning Saturday. Jenkins tweeted the new requirement Thursday afternoon, along with the latest COVID-19 data in Dallas County. Dallas County is one of the largest counties…

CLOSE Social distancing matters. Here is how to do it and how it can help curb the COVID-19 pandemic. USA TODAYThe Labor Department reported more than 5 million new unemployment claims Thursday, hours before President Donald Trump will speak to the U.S. governors on guidelines for reopening the nation's crippled economy.More than 22 million Americans have lost their jobs in…

A global pandemic of the novel coronavirus has infected more than 2 million people worldwide.More than 136,000 people across the globe have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to…