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BLOG: Coronavirus updates from Wednesday, April 1

Posted at 5:12 AM, Apr 01, 2020
and last updated 2020-04-02 05:02:12-04

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 Wednesday, April 1. For today's updates, visit www.abcactionnews.com/virus. Don't forget we are in this together!


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9:15 PM

  • The River, the Tampa church at the center of controversy after holding a large service over the weekend, is shutting down, according to an announcement from the embattled pastor Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne.
  • The City of Los Angeles is urging its residents to wear a mask when they go out in public.

6:55 PM

  • Lakeland Regional Health nurse practitioner tests presumptive positive for COVID-19

6:00 PM

4:49 PM

  • Sarasota Memorial Hospital announces two more deaths related to complications from COVID-19.
  • The hospital is also adapting its masking guidelines to care for the increasing number of patients, while continuing to protect all of their employees and the community. Beginning today, SMH is expanding its masking policy for all staff and providers who work in clinical areas or who come into contact with patients in public or other areas of the hospital.

4:47 PM

  • U.S. military officials say they are sending another 540 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to help the Department of Homeland Security bolster efforts to keep COVID-19-infected migrants from crossing the border.

4:20 PM

  • New York state's virus deaths jump to more than 1,900

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10:05 AM

  • Justin Bieber concert scheduled for July 25 at Amalie Arena postponed

9:30 AM

9:25 AM

  • The IRS and the Treasury Department say Americans will start receiving their economic impact checks in the next three weeks.

7:10 AM

  • Spain reports a new record of 864 deaths in one day while total infections broke the 100,000 mark, making it the third country to surpass that milestone behind the United States and Italy.

6:00 AM

5:00 AM

  • US death toll tops 4,000.
  • Experts say virus could kill up to 240,000 Americans.
  • China begins publishing the number of asymptomatic cases on Wednesday, reports 1,541 asymptomatic cases under observation.

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