By Helen Regan, Emma Reynolds and Adam Renton, CNN
From CNN's Alta Spells
At least 965,942 cases of coronavirus, including 54,883 related deaths have been reported in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally.
On Sunday, JHU reported 26,732 new cases and 1,092 deaths in the US.
The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases and those in the US military, veterans hospitals and federal prisons.
CNN has an interactive map tracking coronavirus cases across the country:
From CNN's Clare Duffy
The ability for parts of the United States to safely and effectively begin to lift coronavirus restrictions will depend on the country's capacity to aggressively test for and trace new cases of the virus, Bill Gates said Sunday.
Here's what he said:
Warning: Just because some areas looking to reopen have experienced relatively small outbreaks doesn't mean they're not at risk, Gates said. Many are concerned that reopening too soon could prompt a second wave of infections
In stages: It will require thinking critically about which elements of society are most essential to get back to work, implementing safety measures as they are reopened and ensuring diagnostic testing and contact tracing are in place.
Finding the cause of a rebound: "What we don't know is, (if) we go slightly back to normal, which activities create the risk of a rebound?" Gates said.
Ramp up testing: "We need to put in place a very dense testing regime so you would detect that rebound going back into exponential growth very quickly and not wait for the ICUs to fill up and there to be a lot of deaths. If you see the hot spot, you kind of understand the activities causing that," he said.
Planning for reopening: States should focus on "high value" segments of the economy such as schools, manufacturing and construction, and should figure out how to operate those things with masks and social distancing, Gates said.
Continue tracking: Once some schools and businesses get back to work, communities should continue to track the effects on infection rates, he said. But it will take time. "The inequality has gotten greater in education, so if we can figure out how to do K through 12 in the fall, that would be good," Gates said.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has studied pandemics for years and is now involved in fighting coronavirus.
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Analysis from CNN's Stephen Collinson
Another 4.4 million Americans filed first-time jobless claims last week, bringing the number of people who've lost work in the past five weeks to an apocalyptic 26.5 million.
Each individual claim represents a life on edge.
People who never had their hands out before are going to food banks, and the unemployment rate is suddenly approaching Great Depression territory. It's the same story around the world.
President Donald Trump thinks pent-up demand will ensure that the US economy takes off when normal life creaks open and once customers are free to shop and spend again. But even if the virus were waning across the US -- which it isn't -- shops, restaurants, bars and movie theaters would likely reopen at reduced capacity.
And there's no guarantee those other jobs will ever come back.
Fewer workers will mean fewer people with money to buy cars and go on vacation -- which will mean that industries like tourism, entertainment and hospitality have a long haul.
After the battle against the coronavirus is won, the war to revive America will likely continue. We're talking years, not months.
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From CNN’s Robert Iddiols in London
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work on Monday after recovering from coronavirus, according to a Downing Street spokesperson.
Dominic Raab, the UK's Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State, will step aside after deputizing for the Prime Minister, allowing Johnson to make a full return.
Downing Street confirmed the previously waylaid Johnson is now "raring to go."
Johnson left hospital on Easter Sunday after contracting Covid-19 and has spent several days recovering further at Chequers, the Prime Minister’s countryside retreat.
From CNN's Jeremy Diamond, Kristen Holmes and Sarah Westwood
US President Donald Trump on Sunday denied he was going to fire Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.
In a tweet, Trump said that "Reports that H.H.S. Secretary @AlexAzar is going to be 'fired' by me" are false.
Azar echoed Trump's message in his own tweet thread later Sunday evening attacking the media and praising the President's coronavirus response.
The public pushback comes after multiple calls between Trump, Azar and top White House advisers, which culminated in the coordinated issuing of a series of tweets that Azar's job was safe for now, CNN has learned.
The flurry of phone calls surrounded a series of news reports Saturday night quoting anonymous sources saying White House officials were looking at the possibility of replacing Azar, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
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From CNN's Junko Ogura in Tokyo
Japan reported 199 new coronavirus cases on Sunday and three deaths, according to the country's health ministry.
The total number of reported infections in Japan now stands at 14,097, including 364 deaths. Some 712 cases and 13 deaths are linked to the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
The number of confirmed cases of the virus in Japan has spiked in the past month -- dashing hopes that the government's initial virus response had succeeded in controlling its spread.
On March 1, the country had reported 243 cases.
From CNN's Hollie Silverman
At least 965,435 cases of coronavirus, including 54,856 related deaths have been reported in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally.
The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases and those in the US military, veterans hospitals and federal prisons.
CNN has an interactive map tracking coronavirus cases across the country:
From CNN's Sophie Jeong in Seoul
South Korea reported 10 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, raising the national tally to 10,738, according to the South Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Of the new cases, seven are imported from overseas.
South Korea reported one death on Sunday, taking the national death toll to 243, the KCDC said.
Forty-seven more people have been discharged from isolation, bringing the national total of recovered cases to 8,764.
From CNN's Dianne Gallagher and Pamela Kirkland
A US beef production plant in Green Bay, Wisconsin will temporarily close after 189 coronavirus cases were linked to the facility, the company announced Sunday.
The Green Bay beef plant employees 1,200 people and "feeds nearly 3.2 million Americans every day," according to JBS USA.
A planned reopening date was not given in the initial announcement.
Brown County, where the plant is located, has at least 776 confirmed cases and two deaths related to the virus as of Sunday, according to the county health department.
The Green Bay beef plant is the fourth JBS meat plant to close due to Covid-19.
Greeley, Colorado reopened at a reduced capacity on Friday. A JBS beef plant in Pennsylvania opened back up a week ago. The JBS pork processing facility in Worthington, Minnesota remains closed down indefinitely.
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