FLORIDA – ABC Action News is committed to providing Tampa Bay area residents all of the updates on the coronavirus, COVID-19, and the impact it's having on our way of life. To help you stay on top of it all, we've compiled all the updates for Sunday, April 26. For today's updates, visit www.abcactionnews.com/virus. Don't forget we are in this together!
8:25 PM
- The number of business filings under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy law rose sharply in March, and owners are contemplating the possibility of bankruptcy.
6:43 PM
- After seven weeks in lockdown to contain one of the world’s worst outbreaks of COVID-19, Italians are regaining some freedoms. Starting May 4, public parks and gardens will re-open and people will be able to visit relatives who live in the same region.
5:11 PM
4:33 PM
- With coronavirus tests in limited supply, the Pentagon has devised a phased approach that focuses first on testing an elite slice of the military that includes counterterrorism and strategic nuclear forces.
2:54 PM
- Spain is letting children go outside and play for the first time in six weeks as European countries methodically work to ease their lockdowns and reopen their economies.
2:12 PM
- Italy has registered its lowest day-to-day increase in deaths of those infected with COVID-19 since the country was in its first week of lockdown in mid-March.
1:47 PM
- Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the 367 deaths from the coronavirus that he reported Sunday were “horrific,” but the number was less than half the nearly 800 deaths that occurred in a single day during the pandemic’s peak in New York.
12:21 PM
- Canada's most populous province says all publicly-funded schools will remain closed until May 31 to keep students and staff safe amid the pandemic.
11:30 AM
- DOH reports 31,528 positive cases in Florda, death toll at 1,074
10:40 AM
- Senator Lindsey Graham says U.S. needs to rely less on China
9:03 AM
- Flood of business bankruptcies likely in coming months
7:20 AM
- Wall Street analyst says Disney parks may not open until 2021
5:00 AM
- Hawaii's stay-at-home order extended to May 31
Important updates from Saturday, April 25
- India announces easing of some lockdown restrictions.
- Britain tops 20,000 deaths from coronavirus
- At least 52,000 Americans have died of the coronavirus, Johns Hopkins says
- Beginning on May 1, the NBA is allowing teams to open their practice facilities to players in cities and states where local governments have eased stay-at-home orders, sources tell ESPN.
- According to data kept by Johns Hopkins University, the worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has hit 200,000.
- To view more updates, click here.
Important updates from Friday, April 24
- The number of coronavirus deaths in Florida has reached the 1,000 mark. Total number of cases surpass 30,000.
- Trump signs $484 billion measure into law to aid employers, hospitals
- Florida shuts its unemployment website down for three days to help the state catch up on unprocessed claims, DEO says.
- CDC reminds Americans not to consume disinfectants amid the spread of COVID-19
- To view more updates, click here.
Important updates from Thursday, April 23
- 4.4 million Americans filed for unemployment last week, bringing 5-week total to 26 million
- Elizabeth Warren's oldest brother dies from COVID-19.
- Two more residents at the Freedom Square of Seminole rehabilitation center have died from COVID-19. That brings the total deaths to seven.
- To view more updates, click here.
Important updates from Wednesday, April 22
- California officials find earliest known US fatalities from virus.
- Sarasota County Commissioners vote to reopen beaches starting Monday for recreation only, parking lots will stay closed.
- Key model used by White House says social distancing measures should continue into May or June.
- To view more updates, click here.
Important updates from Tuesday, April 21
- Senate approves $500 billion COVID-19 relief bill after bipartisan deal.
- WHO warns people must be ready for 'new way of living.'
- Germany cancels Oktoberfest 2020 due to pandemic.
- FDA gives emergency approval for at-home nasal swab coronavirus test.
- Missouri attorney general sues China over coronavirus pandemic.
- To view more updates, click here.
Important updates from Monday, April 20
- President Trump says he will suspend immigration into the United States amid coronavirus concerns.
- Oil prices plunged below zero on Monday as demand for energy collapses
- To view more updates, click here.