Coronavirus live updates: Global deaths cross 200,000, US beaches reopen, NY expands testing

The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic crossed 200,000 on Saturday as countries and a handful of

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The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic crossed 200,000 on Saturday as countries and a handful of U.S. states ease lockdown restrictions. New York, the epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S., reported hospitalization and death rates that continue to improve, while doctors and experts around the globe weigh in on testing, treatment and vaccination. 

This is CNBC's live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in Eastern time. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. 

  • Global cases: More than 2.8 million
  • Global deaths: At least 200,698
  • U.S. cases: More than 905,000
  • U.S. deaths: At least 51,000

The data above was compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

2:06 pm: Global death toll surpasses 200,000

The total number of deaths related to Covid-19 has hit 200,698, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The global death toll hit 100,000 on April 10 and 150,00 on April 17. 

The United States has the highest death toll from the coronavirus with 52,782 reported fatalities, according to JHU. That's roughly double the 26,384 deaths reported by Italy, the country with the second-highest number of fatalities.

The data also showed that Spain and France have been hard-hit, with each country reporting more than 22,000 deaths. —Hannah Miller

1:31 pm: More than 5,000 New York pharmacies to give coronavirus tests in bid to screen 40,000 people daily

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the state is expanding diagnostic coronavirus testing to first responders, health care workers and essential employees and aims to provide tests to 40,000 people each day. 

Cuomo will also sign an executive order to allow independent pharmacists to conduct diagnostic testing. This will unlock a network of over 5,000 pharmacies as testing locations, he said. 

The governor said he plans to expand testing to 40,000 people per day with the help of the federal government as well as expand the criteria for someone to receive a diagnostic test. The state is currently averaging about 6,000 new virus cases every day. —Emma Newburger

1:20 pm: Doctor who pioneered HIV treatment discusses potential Covid-19 drugs

Dr. David Ho has more experience than most with viruses.

As director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City in the early 1990s, Ho's lab pioneered treatment approaches to HIV and he was TIME's Man of the Year for that work in 1996. He still leads the center. 

Now, his focus is Covid-19 or more specifically SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.

He and a team of about 15 people are working on two different approaches to stopping the virus: isolating antibodies from people who've recovered from Covid-19, and developing new drugs called protease inhibitors that interfere with the virus's ability to replicate.

Here are Ho's thoughts on some of the most prominent drugs and approaches under consideration for Covid-19 right now. —Meg Tirrell

1:15 pm: The latest on US hot spots

1:02 pm: Beaches eyed as US takes steps toward reopening

Cailin Healy, and an unidentified friend, both of Calabasas, take a selfie together as beach-goers enjoy warm summer-like weather amid state and city social distancing regulations mandated by Gov. Newsom in Huntinton Beach, CA, on April 22, 2020.

Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Many Americans are expected to flock to beaches this weekend as one Florida county relaxed restrictions and California braced for a heat wave, even as new cases of the novel coronavirus hit a record high the day before.

Volusia County, home to the famed Daytona Beach, opened lots at its coastal parks to handicapped visitors, one step in a phased reopening that has so far limited its beaches to those wanting to walk, surf, bike or swim.

The step is warranted by the county's successful efforts to suppress cases of the virus, George Recktenwald, the county manager, said at a briefing on Friday, although he likened the situation to tapping the brakes on a car going downhill.

"We are starting to let up that brake a little bit but you don't want to do it too fast because you don't want to speed out of control," he said. "If you are on the beach you should be physically active. No sitting, sunbathing or hanging out with a cooler." —Reuters

11:55 pm: NY death rate continues to slow after '21 days of hell'

Deaths from the coronavirus in New York ticked up slightly, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday, with the state recording 437 new deaths in the past 24 hours. The death toll is up from 422 in the previous period reported on Friday.

The virus has killed at least 16,599 people in the state, the governor said, although that number doesn't include what could be thousands of probable deaths in New York City.

"We are back to where we were 21 days ago … 21 days of hell," the governor said at a press conference. About 1,100 new patients were hospitalized yesterday in New York. —Emma Newburger

11:38 am: UK government under fire over virus advice as deaths pass 20,000

A sign for St Thomas' Hospital is seen in front of the Houses of Parliament on April 07, 2020 in London, England.

Justin Setterfield | Getty Images

Britain's government on Saturday defended the independence of the scientists advising it on the coronavirus after it emerged that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's controversial chief aide had attended meetings of the group.

Criticism of Johnson's Conservative government mounted as the U.K. became the fifth country in the world to report 20,000 virus-related deaths and counting.

The government said Saturday that 20,319 people with COVID-19 have died in British hospitals, an increase of 813 from the death toll reported the day before. The figure does not include deaths in nursing homes, which are likely to number in the thousands.

Scientists say the U.K. has reached the peak of the pandemic but is not yet out of danger. The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is declining, and the number of daily deaths peaked on April 8. —Associated Press

11:05 am: India and Pakistan ease coronavirus restrictions for some small businesses

India allowed shops in residential areas to reopen Saturday, more than a month after the country went into lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, federal and state officials said.

The federal home ministry said late on Friday that retailers could resume operations with the staff numbers reduced by half as long as employees wore masks and gloves and appropriate social distancing was maintained.

The sale of liquor and other non-essential items continues to be banned and no shops in large market places or multi-brand and single-brand malls will be allowed to reopen until May 3. —Reuters 

10:30 am: Coronavirus spreads in NY nursing home forced to take Covid-19 patients

The coronavirus patients began arriving the last week of March, transferred to the Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center under a New York state mandate requiring nursing homes to accept those recovering from Covid-19, even if they still might be contagious.

At the time, the Long Island nursing home had only one known resident who had contracted the virus, according to the facility's president and CEO, Stuart Almer.

A month later, NBC News reports, Gurwin is battling an outbreak that's killed 24 residents — only three of whom were hospital transfers — and one staff member, who worked in housekeeping, Almer said. And the nursing home is still mandated to take in recovering hospital patients known to have the virus, potentially increasing its spread in the facility. Read the full report on Gurwin here. —NBC News

9:20 am: How automakers plan to reopen their US plants

Walking into an auto parts plant in suburban Detroit, General Motors employees are instructed to stand at least six feet apart and go through a health screening that includes a temperature check. They also sanitize their hands and put on a face mask and safety glasses.

It's a far different process than how the former transmission facility, which GM decommissioned last year, used to operate with hundreds of employees freely entering and exiting the facility all at once.

As automakers wrestle with how to open their production facilities safely, timing is contentious.

UAW President Rory Gamble on Thursday said that the union believes restarting production in early-May is "too soon and too risky" for its members. Read the full story of how automakers plan to open their U.S. plants here. —Michael Wayland

8:55 am: Zillow CEO will allow his employees to work from home all year

Zillow Group’s headquarters in downtown Seattle.

Source: Zillow Group

Rich Barton, CEO and cofounder of online real estate service Zillow, told his employees on Friday that they can work from home through 2020. 

"My personal opinions about WFH have been turned upside down over the past 2 months. I expect this will have a lasting influence on the future of work ... and home," the internet entrepreneur said in a verified tweet early Saturday morning. 

Many nonessential workers around the country have been doing their jobs remotely for weeks, often while homeschooling and caring for their children, and about a quarter of them say they want to continue working from home at least part-time after the pandemic ends. —Elisabeth Butler Cordova

8:30 am: Poland to reopen outdoor sports fields as it eases restrictions 

Poland plans to reopen outdoor sports areas on May 4 and will allow top league football matches to be played at the end of next month, as part of an easing of restrictions put in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Poland started relaxing some of the curbs earlier in April, saying they were costly for the economy. It has reopened forests and parks and eased rules on the number of customers in shops.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told a news conference on Saturday that the next stage of easing sport restrictions would include reopening indoor sports halls, followed by swimming pools and fitness clubs. —Reuters

6:30 am: 'No evidence' that recovered patients cannot be reinfected

"There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from Covid-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection."

That's the warning from the Word Health Organization in a new scientific brief. It comes in direct response to some governments suggesting that the detection of antibodies to the virus could serve as the basis for an "immunity passport" or "risk-free certificate."

"Most of these studies show that people who have recovered from infection have antibodies to the virus. However, some of these people have very low levels of neutralizing antibodies in their blood, suggesting that cellular immunity may also be critical for recovery," the statement read. Read the full brief here. — Matt Clinch

6:02 am: Iran death toll rises by 76

Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said Saturday that Iran's death toll had risen by 76, to reach a total of 5,650, according to Reuters.

The total number of people confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus in the country is 89,328, he added. — Matt Clinch

3:51 am: German virus cases rise by 2,055

A man wearing a face cover cycles in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on April 10, 2020, amid a new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

John MacDougall | AFP | Getty Images



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