New York authorities rushed to mobilize an army of medical volunteers Wednesday as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus doubled in the past three days to more than 1,900 and the wail of ambulances in the otherwise eerily quiet streets of the nation's largest city became the heartbreaking soundtrack of the crisis. Across the country, Americans braced for what President Donald Trump warned could be a “hell of a bad two weeks,” with the White House projecting 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the U.S. before the outbreak is over. Meanwhile, European nations facing extraordinary demand for hospital intensive-care beds are putting up makeshift hospitals, unsure whether they will find enough healthy medical staff to run them,

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VIRUS OUTBREAK: FNew York authorities rushed to bring in an army of medical volunteers Wednesday as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus doubled in 72 hours to more than 1,900 and the wail of ambulances in the otherwise eerily quiet streets of the city became the heartbreaking soundtrack of the crisis. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST and VIRUS OUTBREAK-WHAT'S HAPPENING

FINANCIAL MARKETS: Stocks are closing sharply lower on Wall Street as more signs piled up of the economic and physical pain being caused by the coronavirus outbreak. SENT; developing. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-BUSINESS FALLOUT

VIRUS OUTBREAK-JOB MARKET: As a wave of job losses tears through the U.S. economy, a key question has emerged: How long will the layoffs last? SENT: 1120 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS: An army of health care workers has heeded New York’s call for help reinforcing hospitals overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 970 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ADDICTION: The coronavirus pandemic is testing the resilience of millions who struggle with drug and alcohol addiction and threatening America’s progress against the opioid crisis. SENT: 765 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPREAD WITHOUT SYMPTOMS: More evidence is emerging that coronavirus infections are being spread by people who have no clear symptoms, complicating efforts to gain control of the pandemic. SENT: 700 words, photos.

AP POLL-VIRUS OUTBREAK-GOVERNMENT RESPONSE: Americans give high marks to state and local governments for their handling of the fast-moving coronavirus pandemic that has swiftly remade everyday life. That's according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. SENT: 930 words, photos. With AP POLL-VIRUS OUTBREAK-GOVERNMENT RESPONSE-GLANCE

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MAKING RENT: It's the first of the month, and rent is due for millions of Americans for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak turned the economy upside down. SENT: 1800 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-HINDU PANDEMIC: Normally Hindus celebrating Chaitra Navaratri would be welcoming guests and worshipping at temples, but this year families are celebrating at home altars and online. SENT: 710 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-HEZBOLLAH-NEW BATTLE: Lebanon's Hezbollah group has mobilized the organizational might it once deployed to fight Israel or in Syria's civil war to battle the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country. SENT: 780 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN-HELP ON THE WAY: Britain is in the process of mobilizing around 750,000 volunteers to help vulnerable people after the government ordered a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19. SENT: 620 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHINA BY THE NUMBERS: Skepticism about China's numbers has swirled throughout the pandemic crisis, fueled by a general distrust of the government's statistics. There is no smoking gun pointing to a cover-up by China's ruling Communist Party. But whether intentional or not, there is good reason to believe that more people died of COVID-19 than the official tally. SENT: 1300 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NATIONAL SHUTDOWN: President Donald Trump is warning that Americans face a grim few weeks ahead, with tens of thousands likely killed by the new coronavirus. SENT; developing. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-SHUTDOWN-Q&A

VIRUS OUTBREAK-RETRAINING AIRLINE WORKERS: Airlines are looking to retrain laid-off cabin crew staff as medical workers to help in hospitals currently overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 750 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-COLOMBIA: Colombian restaurateur Emiliano Moscoso recently launched a program called “Solidarity Menu” to feed people in need during the coronavirus outbreak. SENT: 550 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK: Deaths from the coronavirus topped 1,000 in New York City as officials warned that the worst of the virus' toll is yet to come. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is urging Americans to heed his administration's guidelines for responding to the coronavirus pandemic, calling it “a matter of life and death. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats are revealing more details about their proposal to boost the virus-ravage economy by enacting a massive infrastructure package upgrading the nation's broadband, road and water systems. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-AIRCRAFT CARRIER: U.S. Navy officials say nearly 3,000 sailors aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier where the coronavirus has spread will be taken off the ship by Friday as military leaders struggle to quarantine crew members in the face of an outbreak. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CALIFORNIA: A Southern California nursing home has been hit hard by the coronavirus, with more than 50 residents infected — a troubling development amid cautious optimism that cases in the state may peak more slowly than expected. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SUSPENDING TRANSPARENCY: Hundreds of California cities are asking the governor to suspend or delay a host of state laws, citing the unprecedented challenges created by the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 850 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NFL ADJUSTS: NFL teams are having to adjust to a new normal as they prepare for the NFL draft in three weeks without being able to visit prospects for in-person evaluations and interviews. SENT: 1000 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-WIMBLEDON CANCELED: Wimbledon has been canceled for the first time since World War II because of the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 920 words, photos.

GAMES OF 1919: A century before the Tokyo Olympics were postponed as the new coronavirus spread across the Earth, sports helped in the healing. SENT: 1000 words, photos.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-VENEZUELA-RUM DISTILLERY: The Santa Teresa distillery in Venezuela has lifted spirits for generations with its amber-red rum, famous around the world for being slowly sipped over ice or mixed into cocktails like the Cuba Libre. Now it's producing alcohol for hand saniitzer. SENT: 650 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-FOOD SAFETY: Health experts say there's no evidence the new coronavirus is spread through food. That's because organisms take different biological paths to sicken people. Germs like E. coli have to be strong enough to survive stomach acids and attach to cells in digestive tracts. SENT: 455 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-PUERTO RICO: Puerto Rico has closed its fifth police station in a week as officers accuse the government of exposing one of the largest police departments in a U.S. jurisdiction to COVID-19. SENT: 300 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-LGBTQ-COMMUNITY DETAINED: A gay rights leader in Uganda says 20 members of the local LGBT community have been detained after police raided their shelter and accused them of violating coronavirus-related social distancing measures. SENT: 280 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-DIARY-UNFAMILIAR WAR: I have covered my own country’s wars and more recently, neighboring Syria’s civil war. I am used to reporting on breaking news, riots and uprisings. But I’m at a loss as to how to cover this pandemic. SENT: 630 words, photos.

BACKYARD MARATHON: Being stuck at home didn't stop a British man from running an outdoor marathon. SENT: 150 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-EDINBURGH FESTIVAL: The wildly popular festivals the Scottish capital of Edinburgh hosts every August have been canceled for this year .SENT: 400 words.

BOOKS-POTTER AT HOME: J.K. Rowling is hoping a dash of Harry Potter will help families confined to their homes during the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 150 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-WISCONSIN ELECTION: Wisconsin's governor is deploying the National Guard to help staff polling sites for the state's presidential primary. SENT: 560 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CAYLEE HAMMACK: Country singer Caylee Hammack and her band lost two months of touring gigs when the spreading coronavirus shut down the concert industry in America. SENT: 360 words.

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-US cases county-by-county. Embed code can be found in Coverage Plan. A static graphic also will be available in AP Newsroom.

-Virus Europe Spread (map): An auto updating European map tracking the total confirmed cases, recoveries and deaths from coronavirus.

Additional graphics and interactives include:

- Flattening the Coronavirus Curve (Chart): Chart compares the cumulative cases over time in some of the hardest hit countries by coronavirus.

-Virus Global Spread (table): Table of countries which have confirmed cases of the virus. Table also includes when the virus was initially reported and the number of deaths by country.

-Virus Global Spread (Map): Map of countries which have confirmed cases of the virus. Map also includes when the virus was initially reported and the number of deaths by country.

-Virus Cases Compared Inside and Outside of China (Chart): Chart shows the number of confirmed cases in China over time and compares them to cases confirmed outside of China.

-Virus US State Map: State by state count of confirmed cases in the U.S.

-Virus US State Table: Table tracks the number of cases, recoveries and deaths for the US including its territories.

-Interactive breakdown of unemployment filings by state with time scale for each (going back as far as 2000)

-Status of Cases Worldwide: Auto-updating once a day, this chart tracks the levels of active cases and deaths from COVID-19 around the world over time.

-Hospitality Workforce in the US: Coronavirus precautions have struck many U.S. business industries hard, especially the hospitality and service industry, where more than 16 million Americans work for support their livelihoods. This U.S. map highlights the number of hospitality workers and their average annual income by county along with the number of hospitality businesses. It is helpful in illustrating the potential impact of job loss to so many across the nation.

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