The sun sets on the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building in New York City on May 3. Gary Hershorn/Getty Images
A total of 25,502 new coronavirus cases and 1,313 deaths were reported in the United States on Sunday, according to Johns Hopkins University.
At least 1,158,041 cases and 67,682 fatalities have now been recorded in the US, according to JHU's tally.
As states begin to include “probable deaths” in their counts, so will JHU. In the upcoming days, these changes may show as surges of deaths in the US.
The totals includes 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.
When your home is a Japanese internet cafe, but the coronavirus pandemic forces you out
From CNN's Emiko Jozuka, Junko Ogura and Will Ripley in Tokyo
A resident picks up his shoes at a temporally shelter for internet-cafe dwellers at the Kanagawa Budokan martial arts gymnasium in Yokohama, Japan, on April 22. Soichiro Koriyama/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Odd jobs on construction sites used to earn Takahashi enough money to pay for a private bootheach night at one of Tokyo's internet cafes. But Japan's coronavirus lockdown not only cost him his work, it has temporarily closed the cafe that was his de facto home.
The 35-year-old has been sleeping rough at a Tokyo bus terminal for two weeks.
"Many companies have become bankrupt due to the pandemic. There are many people like me without jobs at the moment," said Takahashi, as he waited in line inShinjukutoreceive a free meal from Moyai, a support group for the homeless.
Takahashi is one of Tokyo's 4,000 "internet cafe refugees" -- homeless people, mostly men, who before the pandemic usually paid between $17 and $28 to stay overnight in a 20 square foot booth in one of the city's 24-hour internet cafes.
Over the past few weeks, Japan has scrambled to contain an uptick in coronavirus cases. As of Monday, Japan had recorded 15,769 cases nationwide and 523 deaths, according to the country's health ministry.
To stop the virus spreading, Japan called a nationwide state of emergency, which closed businesses including internet cafes, forcing their inhabitants to seek refuge elsewhere.
The Japanese authorities are providing emergency housing to support those living in internet cafes, but the pandemic measures have exposed a problem that goes back decades.
Eight new cases of the novel coronavirus were recorded in South Korea on Sunday, all of which were imported, according to a news release from the country's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
No new locally transmitted infections were recorded, according to the KCDC, a sign that the country's local outbreak is under control as it prepares to relax strict social distancing rules later this week.
In total, 10,801 confirmed cases of the virus have been recorded in South Korea. Some 9,217 of those patients have recovered from the disease, with another 34 patients being discharged from isolation on Sunday.
Two more fatalities were reported on Sunday, bringing the country's death toll to 252.
Rules relaxed: South Korea will loosen its social distancing rules from Wednesday as the number of new coronavirus cases have remained low in the country, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said on Sunday. The measures had been in effect since March 22.
11:53 p.m. ET, May 3, 2020
Japan reports more than 200 new cases
Another 218 cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in Japan on Sunday, as the total number of infections recorded in the country reached 15,769.
According to Japan's health ministry, 18 people died on Sunday from the virus, bringing the country's death toll to 523.
The totals include 712 cases and 13 deaths linked to the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
Tokyo reported 91 new cases and four deaths. Japan's capital has now recorded a total of 4,568 cases and 145 fatalities.
Abe expected to extend state of emergency: Japan's Prime Minister will make an announcement today on the lockdown measures designed to slow the spread of the virus. According to Japan's public broadcaster NHK, Abe is likely to extend the state of emergency until May 31.
11:35 p.m. ET, May 3, 2020
Trump again shifts estimated US coronavirus death toll
While praising the US response to the outbreak during a Fox News town hall, Trump said, "That's one of the reasons we're successful, if you call losing 80 or 90,000 people successful."
"But it's one of the reasons we're not at the high end of that plane as opposed to the low end of the plane," the President continued.
When pressed on his shifting estimate, Trump conceded, "I used to say 65,000 and now I'm saying 80 or 90 and it goes up and it goes up rapidly."
"But it's still going to be, no matter how you look at it, at the very lower end of the plane if we did the shutdown," he said.
New Zealand reports no new cases for first time in 7 weeks
From CNN’s Julia Hollingsworth in Wellington, New Zealand and Sol Han
Director-General of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfield speaks to media during a news conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on May 4. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
New Zealand reported no new cases of Covid-19 today, according to the country's Director-General of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfield -- the first time zero new infections have been found since the country went into lockdown on March 25.
Speaking at a news conference today, Bloomfield said one previously counted probable case has been reclassified as a confirmed case, keeping the number of total probable and confirmed cases at 1,487.
In total, 1,276 patients have recovered, Bloomfield said.
The last time New Zealand reported no new confirmed cases was March 16.
Last Tuesday, the country lowered its national alert level, from it's strictest level 4 to level 3. New Zealand spent almost five weeks under a level 4 lockdown.
Around 400,000 more New Zealanders have gone back to work and 75% of its economy is operating, according to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
10:59 p.m. ET, May 3, 2020
It's just past 11 p.m. in Washington and midday in Tokyo. Here's the latest on the pandemic
In this May 3, 2020 photo, light shines from inside the US Capitol dome at dusk on Capitol Hill in Washington. Patrick Semansky/AP
Covid-19 has infected more than 3.5 million people globally and killed at least 247,000. If you're just joining us now, here are the latest developments:
Mike Pompeo points finger at China: The US secretary of State on Sunday stepped up administration claims that China mounted efforts to hide the extent of the coronavirus spread, including concealing the severity while stockpiling medical supplies.
US death toll could rise to 90,000: US President Donald Trump has raised his estimation of the possible death toll in the country, saying between 80,000 and 90,000 people could die. When pressed on why he had previously said 65,000 people would die, Trump said "it goes up rapidly." The US death toll stands at 67,680, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Abe expected to extend state of emergency: Japan's Prime Minister will make an announcement today on the lockdown measures designed to slow the spread of the virus. According to Japan's public broadcaster NHK, Abe is likely to extend the state of emergency until May 31.
Italy to cautiously reopen: From Monday, Italy has announced it will loosen some restrictions as the number of new infections continues to drop, including allowing funerals with up to 15 attendees. Italy has been one of the worst-affected countries by the pandemic, with more than 210,000 infections, according to Johns Hopkins.
Brazil infections rise above 100,000: At least 101,147 infections have been recorded in Brazil -- the most cases of any country in South America. More than 7,000 people have died of the virus in the country.
10:36 p.m. ET, May 3, 2020
Pompeo claims China intentionally concealed the severity of the coronavirus
From CNN's Kylie Atwood, Stephen Collinson and Kevin Bohn
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference at the State Department on April 29. Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP/Getty Images
US secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday stepped up administration claims that China mounted efforts to hide the extent of the coronavirus spread, including concealing the severity while stockpiling medical supplies.
"You've got the facts just about right," Pompeo told ABC's "This Week" when asked if China intentionally stockpiled medical supplies in early January while it concealed the severity of Covid-19.
"We can confirm that the Chinese Communist Party did all that it could to make sure that the world didn't learn in a timely fashion about what was taking place."
Pompeo's comments come as the Trump administration is formulating a long-term plan to punish China on multiple fronts for the coronavirus pandemic, injecting a rancorous new element into a critical relationship already on a steep downward slide.
Multiple sources inside the administration say that there is an appetite to use various tools, including sanctions, canceling US debt obligations and drawing up new trade policies, to make clear to China, and to everyone else, where they feel the responsibility lies.
While there are serious questions about China's transparency, the Trump administration has escalated its effort to blame China for the global spread of the virus as criticism of its own handling of the pandemic has increased.
US report alleges China concealed severity of Covid-19 while it stockpiled imports and decreased exports
From CNN's Geneva Sands
Employees produce face masks on a production line at a workshop of Hangzhou Yijia Textile Co., Ltd in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China on April 23. Wang Gang/China News Service/Getty Images
The Chinese government intentionally concealed the severity of Covid-19 from the international community while it stockpiled imports and decreased exports, a Department of Homeland Security report found, according to an administration official familiar with the report.
"China likely cut its exports of medical supplies prior to its January WHO (World Health Organization) notification that COVID-19 is a contagion," the report reads, according to the source.
The report, which assessed export and import data earlier this year, was circulated within the federal government on Friday, the source said.
The DHS assessment also says, "in its communications, China intentionally concealed its trade activity by publicly denying it has ever imposed an export ban on masks and other medical supplies," according to the source.
The findings were assessed at "moderate confidence," the source told CNN, pointing out that the report does not conclude whether the actions of the Chinese government were nefarious. It is reasonable to conclude that based on the outbreak, before it was declared a pandemic, that China would recognize key measurements in determining requirements for the need of personal protective equipment, said the source.
The US needs "to be mindful about, 'what do you do about it?'" said the source. "Is this a trigger that propels industry here? Will there be enough in the stockpile" going forward? questioned the source.
China has access to a wide array of raw materials that are necessary in establishing a production line of goods that are necessary in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, said the source, whether it’s surgical gowns, masks, or goggles.
"They have a robust manufacturing capability and workforce that can quickly ramp up manufacturing," said the source.
