The United States has become the worst-affected country, with more than 2.5 million diagnosed cases and at least 125,039 deaths
, many unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are hiding the scope of their nations' outbreaks.
3:14 p.m.: Pence's campaign events postponed in Florida, ArizonaVice President Mike Pence's campaign events in Arizona and Florida this coming week have been postponed"out of an abundance of caution," a Trump campaign official confirmed to ABC News. The Ingham County Health Department told ABC News that they have"85 cases associated with Harper’s Restaurant & Brew Pub in East Lansing. Of those 85, five are secondary, which means they were in close contact with someone who went to Harper’s, but did not go themselves."
The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 31,850, while confirmed deaths reached 707. There are 89 probable cases and four probable deaths. Story continues"We're prepared to do the aggressive testing and contact tracing required to slow and ultimately control any potential clusters of new cases like the one in Westchester County," Cuomo said in a statement.
10:59 a.m.: More than 9,600 new cases in FloridaThe Florida Department of Health reported a total of 132,545 cases of COVID-19, marking an additional 9,636 new positive cases.There were 76,129 tests conducted Friday, with a 12.7% positivity rate, according to the health department. Walters, 53, a diabetic who has had mini-strokes, said he went to an emergency room Monday and was diagnosed with the virus.
The White House coronavirus task force is actively talking about trying to push it at the local level as a surveillance tool. The primary reason is because so many people are carrying the virus without symptoms. One issue with contact tracing for COVID-19, Fauci said, is that there are too many asymptomatic people, which means you can't identify them if they don't have symptoms. Fauci also said since many people don't trust the government, people are not answering contact tracing calls.
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