BLOG: Coronavirus updates from Tuesday, April 7

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 Tuesday, April 7. For today's updates, visit www.abcactionnews.com/virus. Don't forget we are in this together!

8:45 PM

• Metropolitan Ministries announced it will suspend coronavirus financial assistance due to "staggering demand."

8:30 PM

• Eddie and Candy DeBartolo donate $7.65M to TGH for coronavirus relief efforts.

5:50 PM

• DOH announces 243 new cases and 13 new deaths. Florida's total reaches 14,747.

5:47 PM

• France reaches 10,000 coronavirus deaths.

3:45 PM

• Officials are still eyeing a May 30 grand opening of the St. Pete Pier.

2:03 PM

• After getting federal approval to manufacture ethanol last week, Big Storm Brewery is now operating 24-hours a day, 7-days a week to help meet the nation’s need for hand sanitizer due to the spread of coronavirus.

1:22 PM

• At midnight local time, so just under an hour ago, outbound travel restrictions from Wuhan were lifted for the first time since the city was locked down on January 23.

12:30 PM

• Citrus County Schools cancels all end of term finals.

11:52 AM

• New York City records more deaths from virus than 9/11.

11:28 AM

• Hernando County reports first death, a 46-year-old woman in the county died on Monday.
• New York records 731 new coronavirus deaths in its worst day yet of the outbreak.

10:55 AM

• Florida Department of Health reports 875 new cases of COVID-19 in the state. In total, there are 14,504 cases and 283 deaths in Florida.

10:45 AM

• Lakeland Electric issues emergency fuel rate adjustment; reducing cost from $27.00 per 1000 kWh to $20.00.

10:00 AM

• U.N. estimates loss of 195 million full-time jobs in 2nd quarter.

9:25 AM

• Navy says crew member on NY hospital ship tests positive.
• 'There is a light at the end of this tunnel,' US Surgeon General says on "Good Morning America."

8:56 AM

• EPA donating 225,000 pieces of PPE to first responders.

8:27 AM

• British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care.
• Japan declares national emergency.
• Spain records rise in daily count of coronavirus cases and deaths.
• Indonesia predicts 95,000 virus infections by the end of next month.

7:45 AM
St. Pete Police officer tests positive for COVID-19. Department says he was not in contact with any other officers for almost a month

7:00 AM

• Tampa company, SynDaver, begins manufacturing respirators to help with Florida shortage.

6:30 AM

• Clearwater medical company donating CPAP machines to be turned into ventilators to New York.

5:30 AM

• Johns Hopkins All Children's accepting hand-sewn mask donations for non-patient care.

5:00 AM

• China reports no new deaths for 1st time since January.
• US death toll nears 11,000.

Important updates from Monday, April 6

• British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to ICU as COVID-19 symptoms worsen.
• British Open cancels 2020 tournament. It's the first time since World War II.
• Coronavirus death toll in US passes 10,000.
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Important updates from Sunday, April 5

• Surgeon General Jerome Adams is offering some of the starkest warnings yet as he braces Americans for the worsening fallout from the new coronavirus.
• Former NFL kicker Tom Dempsey dies from what his family described as complications from COVID-19
• British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to a hospital with coronavirus.
• A 4-year-old tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for coronavirus.
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Important updates from Saturday, April 4

• Pinellas County detention deputy tests positive for COVID-19
• Palm Beach County deputy dies from complications of COVID-19
• The Princess Cruises with coronavirus victims on board, including two fatalities, is docking in Florida.
• Officials say Miami-Dade County is releasing 18 inmates early from its jail as a response to the new coronavirus.
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Important updates from Friday, April 3

• The VA will extend financial, benefits and claims relief amid COVID-19
• Walmart will limit the amount of people that are in the store
• President Trump says he is directing FEMA to prevent export of N95 masks under Defense Production Act.
• White House: CDC to recommend Americans cover faces when outside.
• Curfew ordered for Manatee County residents. It takes effect tonight at 11 p.m.
• Target to start limiting the number of shoppers it allows in its stores to enhance social distancing beginning Saturday.
• Disney halting annual pass payments while parks are closed, refunding some payments.
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Important updates from Thursday, April 2

• Gov. Ron DeSantis signs an executive order to suspend foreclosures and evictions for 45 days
• The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide surpassed 1 million on Thursday as cases in the United States and much of Europe continue to spike.
• U.S. unemployment claims hit 6.6 million -- another record high -- as layoffs accelerate in face of coronavirus.
• FEMA requested Defense Department make 100,000 body bags available to help state health agencies with mortuary affairs, a Pentagon spokesman confirms to ABC News.
• Democratic National Convention postponed until August due to coronavirus pandemic
• Pinellas County Commissioners vote to shut down all non-essential businesses in the county.
• President Trump invokes the Defense Production Act to step up production of ventilators.
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