Coronavirus cases top 850,000 globally

A U.S. Army soldier walks inside a mobile surgical unit being set up by soldiers from Fort Carson, Colorado, and Joint Base Lewis-McChord as part of a field hospital inside CenturyLink Field Event Center, Tuesday, March 31, in Seattle.
A U.S. Army soldier walks inside a mobile surgical unit being set up by soldiers from Fort Carson, Colorado, and Joint Base Lewis-McChord as part of a field hospital inside CenturyLink Field Event Center, Tuesday, March 31, in Seattle. Elaine Thompson/AP

The numbers: There are more than 857,000 novel coronavirus cases around the world, according to Johns Hopkins University, which is tracking figures from the World Health Organization and additional sources.

The US: At least 80% of the US population is under a stay-at-home or shelter-in-place order, according to a CNN count. There are more than 185,400 cases of coronavirus in the country and at least 3,834 people have died.

Preparing for the worst: President Donald Trump has warned that the nation will be facing a “very very rough two weeks” in the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the US should prepare for a reality where 100,000 Americans are killed from coronavirus.

Count criteria changes: China will include asymptomatic cases in its official count starting Wednesday. The move comes during growing public concern over asymptomatic cases, of which 1,541 were under medical observation in China by the end of Monday.

An extraordinary request: The commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, a US Navy aircraft carrier where an outbreak of the coronavirus has spread to at least 70 sailors, has warned Navy leadership that decisive action is required to save the lives of the ship’s crew.

source: cnn.com