By Helen Regan, Emma Reynolds and Adam Renton, CNN
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.
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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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From CNN's Alexandra Lin in Hong Kong
China reported three new cases of the novel coronavirus and no new deaths on Sunday, the National Health Commission announced today.
The three cases include two imported from overseas and one local infection from Heilongjiang, China's northernmost province that borders Russia.
There has been growing concern over cases coming into China from Russia, amid fears they could spark a new outbreak in the north as most of the country returns to normal.
In addition, 25 new asymptomatic cases were also reported. Some 974 asymptomatic patients are still under medical observation around the country. China previously did not include those patients not showing symptoms in some of its tallies.
The total number of confirmed cases to date is 82,830, the NHC said.
Of those confirmed cases, 77,474 have recovered and been discharged.
The country's official death toll stands at 4,633.
From Julie Zaugg for CNN
Before entering the cave, the small team of scientists pull on hazmat suits, face masks and thick gloves to cover every inch of their skin. Contact with bat droppings or urine could expose them to some of the world's deadliest unknown viruses.
Equipped with headlights, they set their nets up at the entrance of the dark opening overhung with bamboo trees, which is part of a vast system of limestone caves in China's south-western Yunnan province.
Then they patiently wait for dusk. When the sun sets, thousands of bats fly out of the caves, looking for food -- and straight into their nets.
Peter Daszak is a virus hunter. He presides over EcoHealth Alliance, an American NGO which specializes in detecting new viruses and pandemic prevention.
Over the past 10 years, he has visited over 20 countries trying to prevent the next big pandemic by searching bat caves for new pathogens. More specifically, new coronaviruses.
The findings of Daszak, and others like him, inform an open-source library of all known animal viruses, from which scientists can forecast which strains are most likely to spill over to humans, in order to ready the world for a new pandemic like Covid-19.
"We (have) collected more than 15,000 bat samples, which led to the identification of around 500 new coronaviruses," he says.
And one of those, found in a cave in China in 2013, was a possible ancestor of Covid-19.
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From CNN's Alec Snyder and Susannah Cullinane
As the need for widespread Covid-19 testing grows, officials are looking to flush out hidden cases of the virus by examining sewage.
Groups of scientists around the world are using wastewater testing as a non-invasive way to measure the prevalence of coronavirus in their communities.
Local governments in the US are also turning to the tests, which detect traces of coronavirus genetic material -- known as RNA -- in fecal matter.
The data can be used to gain a sense of how many people may have had the virus asymptomatically and are passing it through, in addition to those testing positive because they are outwardly sick, New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer told CNN.
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From CNN's Nicola Ruotolo and Leoan Siaw
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced Sunday that the country's funeral ban will be lifted on May 4.
Speaking at a news conference, Conte confirmed that funerals will be allowed -- preferably outdoors -- with a maximum of 15 family members in attendance, adding that he understands "the suffering of not being able to exercise freedom of worship."
He went on to say that other religious ceremonies will require the approval of the scientific committee.
In a statement, Italian Bishops complained, saying that the Prime Minister's decree "arbitrarily excludes the possibility of celebrating Mass with the people."
"In the next few days, a protocol will be studied which will allow the faithful to participate in liturgical celebrations as soon as possible in conditions of maximum safety," the Prime Minister's office said in response.
From CNN's Laura Ly
Two additional members of the New York Police Department have died due to complications from Covid-19, bringing the total number of NYPD deaths to 37, according to a daily NYPD coronavirus report.
Principal Administrative Associate Josephine Hill dedicated 33 years to the NYPD, the last 19 assigned to the Manhattan Tow Pound Unit. Associate Traffic Enforcement Agent Mohammad Ahsan served 15 years with the police department, most recently assigned to the Bronx Traffic Enforcement Unit, the NYPD said.
Both were members of the NYPD’s Transportation Bureau, the report said.
About 8.8% -- or 3,166 members -- of the NYPD’s uniformed workforce were out sick on Saturday, down from a high of 19.8%, according to the NYPD.
As of Sunday, 3,530 members of the NYPD have returned to work full-time after recovering from a positive Covid-19 test, while 953 uniformed members and 317 civilian members are still out sick with a Covid-19 diagnosis.
In total, 4,837 NYPD members have tested positive for Covid-19 to date, the NYPD said.
