By Jessie Yeung, Joshua Berlinger, Adam Renton, Meg Wagner, Emma Reynolds and Mike Hayes, CNN
From CNN’s Mirna Alsharif
Megabus has suspended all service in and out of New York City through April 9, according to the company's website.
All passengers booked on trips in and out of New York during this time will receive an email with instructions on how to reschedule their trip.
From CNN's Andy Rose
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey issued an executive order Thursday, telling hospitals to increase their capacity to prepare for an influx of coronavirus patients.
Ducey’s order requires hospitals to have 50% more bed capacity by April 24, with half of the increase in place within the next two weeks, according to a statement from the governor’s office.
Hospitals also have to implement an emergency plan to quickly move non-critical patients to other facilities, if necessary.
“Building additional capacity now, ahead of any increased demand is the responsible thing to do,” Ducey said in a statement.
From CNN's Melissa Alonso
Minnesota's youngest coronavirus patient is 5 months old, Gov. Tim Walz said during a briefing Thursday.
The state has 346 confirmed cases with ages ranging from 5 months to 104 years old, he said.
The child is among the youngest cases in the country. Washington, DC, reported an 8-week-old boy had with the virus.
Several other states, including California, have reported cases with patients under 1 years old.
CNN's Brian Rokus and Nick Watt contributed to this report.
From CNN's Konstantin Toropin
Travelers from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and the city of New Orleans will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days before entering state, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that at a news conference Thursday.
Abbott explained that the order, which applies only to those who arrive in Texas by plane, will be enforced by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).
Travelers from the designated areas will be asked to provide officials with a quarantine location, the governor explained.
DPS will conduct visits to the designated quarantine locations to verify compliance, Abbott said.
People affected by the order cannot have any visitors besides health care providers and they may not visit public spaces, Abbott said.
Failure to comply will be considered a criminal offense punishable by up to a $1,000 fine, 180 days in jail, or both, Abbott said.
From CNN's Cheri Mossburg
There are at least 3,006 cases of coronavirus in California, according to the latest statistics released by California Department of Public Health. At least 65 people have died as a result of Covid-19.
Los Angeles County alone is seeing a dramatic increase with 465 new cases, bringing the total up to at least 1,216. Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer attributed the jump directly to an increase in testing.
From CNN’s Denise Royal
Broward County has issued a shelter-in-place order effective midnight Friday due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The county, which includes Fort Lauderdale, is one of the hardest hit counties in the state of Florida.
From CNN’s Anneken Tappe
US stocks finished higher on Thursday, recording their third straight day of gains.
Markets had already priced in the sharp increase in jobless claims ahead of the opening bell this morning, and stocks rallied throughout the day.
Here's where things stand:
Remember: As stocks settle after the market close, these levels could still change slightly.
From CNN's Jamiel Lynch
Louisiana is working to stage 1,120 hospital beds for coronavirus patients at New Orleans' Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
The first 120 beds will be ready by this weekend.
Gov. John Bel Edwards said state officials anticipate 1,000 beds will be needed for patients in New Orleans.
Other hospitals in the state are also increasing their ICU capacity.
From CNN's Hollie Silverman
There have been 100,000 more unemployment claims in Illinois since the beginning of March than the state had the same time last year, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said during a Thursday news conference.
Emergency workers are delivering containers of nearly a million units of personal protective equipment, including masks and gloves, to health care workers Thursday, Pritzker added.
The equipment is being delivered in Peoria, Edwardsville, and Champaign, Pritzker said.
Around the country: A record number of Americans filed for their first week of unemployment benefits last week, as businesses shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Initial jobless claims soared to a seasonally adjusted 3.28 million in the week ended March 21, according to the Department of Labor.
That is the highest number of initial jobless claims in history, since the Department of Labor started tracking the data in 1967. The previous high was 695,000 claims filed in the week ending October 2, 1982.