Coronavirus Live Updates: Over 600,000 Cases Worldwide as Hospital Ship Prepares to Head to New York

Caseloads are growing in states across the U.S., with 17 now reporting more than 1,000 cases. Spain and Italy’s death tolls surged. The largest economic stimulus package in modern U.S. history is in effect.

Here’s what you need to know:

• 17 states now have more than 1,000 cases, pushing U.S. total past 104,000.
• Experts begin reconsidering advice on masks for Americans, even as shortage continues.
• New York may fine people in parks and houses of worship to stem the outbreak.
• As deaths surge, Spain and Italy look for signs of a turning point.
• Ireland enters a strict lockdown, and the U.K. checks its rule book.
• Japan is ‘barely holding on,’ Abe says, but declines to order a lockdown.
• Don’t overlook the good news (yes, there is some).

• 17 states now have more than 1,000 cases, pushing U.S. total past 104,000.

  Cities far from the U.S. coasts were experiencing sudden upticks in cases by Saturday, driving the country’s number of known cases above 104,000 on Saturday.