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Coronavirus live updates: US Army sending medical task force to Houston

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A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 559,000 people worldwide. Over 12.5 million people across the globe have been…
A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 559,000 people worldwide.
Over 12.5 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are hiding the scope of their nations’ outbreaks.
The United States has become the worst-affected country, with more than 3.1 million diagnosed cases and at least 134,097 deaths.
Latest headlines:
Here is how the news is developing today. All times Eastern.
A “few dozen” U. S. Marines stationed at two different bases in Okinawa, Japan, have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Associated Press.
After months of no confirmed coronavirus cases, the Marine Corps said it had two clusters who tested positive for this virus this week, according to a statement from Marine Corps Installations Pacific.

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