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 Thursday, April 23. For today's updates, visit www.abcactionnews.com/virus. Don't forget we are in this together!
8:32 PM
- Congress has delivered a nearly $500 billion infusion of coronavirus spending, almost unanimously rushing new relief to employers and hospitals buckling under the strain of a pandemic that has claimed almost 50,000 American lives and one in six U.S. jobs.
7:52 PM
- Two more residents at the Freedom Square of Seminole rehabilitation center have died from COVID-19. That brings the total deaths to seven.
6 PM
- Department of Health reports 29,648 positive COVID-19 cases, the death toll is at 987
5:09 PM
- An inmate at the Hillsborough County Jail tests positive for COVID-19
4:15 PM
- Some of the Hillsborough County leaders are considering to rescind the county's safer-at-home order, calling it redundant. Hillsborough County EPG may discuss a motion to rescind on Monday.
4:00 PM
- Hillsborough County leaders vote to extend the local emergency order.
2:30 PM
- Few Americans regularly look to or trust President Donald Trump as a source of information on coronavirus, poll says
1:38 PM
- Attorney General Moody Takes Legal Action against Marketing Company for Fake COVID-19 Stimulus Checks in Car Promotions
12:45 PM
- Moffitt Cancer Center is launching two COVID-19 studies looking at infection rates in Florida and Hillsborough County.
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11:29 AM
- Citrus County School District experiencing technical issues, teachers and students may not be able to access Distance Learning at this time.
11:22 AM
- DOH reports 256 new positive cases and 33 new deaths in its morning update.
- Total cases: 28,832
- Total deaths: 960
- Total tests: 298,587
- Total U.S. recoveries: 76,619, according to Johns Hopkins.
10:02 AM
- Sales of new homes in US plunged 15.4% in March as virus tightened grip
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8:16 AM
- Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour dates postponed until 2021, including one in Tampa
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7:45 AM
- All frontline workers in Los Angeles can now get tested for COVID-19.
6:41 AM
- Germany is on 'thinnest ice,' Angela Merkel warns.
- France wants all retailers to reopen next month.
5:37 AM
- Global cases surpass 2.6 million.
- US death toll at 46,785 deaths.
- American Red Cross will soon use antibody tests to ID plasma donors.
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.
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