Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY

Teams of military medics were deployed in Texas and California to help hospitals deluged by coronavirus patients. Miami area authorities, meanwhile, began stepping up enforcement Friday of a mask requirement. Those efforts echoed similar ones in many parts of the world to contain surging infections. Worldwide, the confirmed tally of cases is nearing 14 million. Several states have been reporting record numbers this week, contributing to a surge in the national death rate. The seven-day rolling average for daily new deaths has risen 34% from two weeks ago, while the case count in that period shot up 43%.

The AP plans the following coverage today of the virus outbreak. For up-to-the minute information, visit AP Newsroom’s coverage hub Find AP Virus Alerts here

SENT/DEVELOPING:

VIRUS OUTBREAK-GLOBAL: Teams of military medics were deployed in Texas and California to help hospitals deluged by coronavirus patients, as Miami area authorities began stepping up enforcement Friday of a mask requirement — echoing efforts in many parts of the world to contain surging infections. SENT; developing. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST.

FINANCIAL MARKETS: Wall Street ended another wobbly day broadly higher, giving the S&P 500 its third straight weekly gain. SENT: 900 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TREATMENTS: Fresh studies give more information about what treatments do or don’t work for COVID-19, with high-quality methods that give reliable results. British researchers on Friday published their research on the only drug shown to improve survival -- a cheap steroid called dexamethasone. SENT: 720 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE NURSING HOME: As normalcy returns to many segments of the U.S. that were locked down as the coronavirus spread, most nursing homes remain frozen in the same position since March. When one Georgia nursing home shut outsiders out, life inside transformed too. SENT: 2950 words, photos. An 800-word abridged also has moved.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-INDIA-ONE MILLION CASES: India has topped 1 million coronavirus cases, third only to the United States and Brazil. SENT: 840 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-INDIA-PHOTO GALLERY.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ECONOMY: Former Federal Reserve Chairs Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen urged Congress on Friday to do more to help the economy deal with the devastating coronavirus pandemic, such as extending increased unemployment benefits and providing assistance to hard-hit states and local governments, something many Republicans oppose. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CALIFORNIA: California Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out strict criteria Friday for school reopenings that make it unlikely the vast majority of districts will have classroom instruction in the fall as the coronavirus pandemic surges. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TEXAS: Texas is giving public schools permission to keep campuses closed for more than 5 million students well into the fall as the state scrambles to contain one of the largest resurgences of the coronavirus in the U.S. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-GEORGIA: Georgia’s governor and the mayor of its largest city accused each other of playing politics Friday amid an escalating fight over face masks intended to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BOLIVIA BLEACH: Long lines form every morning in one of the Bolivian cities hardest hit by the pandemic as desperate people wait to buy small plastic bottles of chlorine dioxide, a toxic bleaching agent that has been falsely touted as a cure for the coronavirus. SENT: 600 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NICARAGUA-ANNIVERSARY: The new coronavirus is deterring Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government from holding its usual mass celebration to mark the victory of the country’s revolution. SENT: 810 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ITALY-MAFIAS: Italy’s anti-Mafia investigators are warning that mobsters will try to get some of hundreds of billions of euros in European Union recovery aid after the pandemic. SENT: 630 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN: British British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Friday that people will no longer be told to work from home and avoid public transit in a major easing of lockdown restrictions — even as he said the government was “preparing for the worst” in case of a new coronavirus spike this winter. SENT: 760 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN-DEATH TALLY: The British government ordered an urgent review Friday into how daily coronavirus death figures in England are calculated amid claims the current method overestimates the tally.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MIDEAST: Israel has announced new restrictions in response to a surge in coronavirus cases, including weekend closures of many businesses and limiting restaurants to takeout and delivery. SENT: 560 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA: South Korean prosecutors have questioned the leader of a church sect over accusations it hampered the government’s anti-virus response after thousands of COVID-19 infections were detected among its members. Includes other developments from Asia. SENT: 960 words, photos.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK: New York City is on track to take the next step in reopening next week, allowing movie and TV crews to film, zoos to welcome reduced crowds, and professional sports teams play to empty seats, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday. SENT: 330 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHICAGO SCHOOLS: Most Chicago children would return to the classroom two days a week and spend the other three days learning remotely once the school year begins under a tentative plan outlined by officials from the nation’s third-largest school district. SENT: 240 words, photos.

EUROPE SUMMIT-MASKS AND ELBOWS: At the start of one of the most daunting and divisive summits in recent history, the atmosphere among the European Union leaders was downright giddy. Somehow with all kinds of masks, social distancing rules and new ways of greetings, some of the leaders reveled Friday in the novelty the pandemic crisis had imposed. SENT: 470 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CRUISE INDUSTRY: A Seattle-based cruise line has sold four ships in its fleet as the coronavirus pandemic has halted operations and subsequently slowed businesses that rely on incoming traffic from the industry. SENT: 310 words.

FEDERAL RESERVE-NONPROFITS: The Federal Reserve has opened one of its lending programs to nonprofit groups, including hospitals, educational institutions, and social service organizations. SENT: 340 words.

ARTS EMERGENCY FUND: With a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, three major literary arts nonprofits have teamed to administer $3.5 million for organizations struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 290 words.

INTERACTIVES/GRAPHICS:

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

-State trends (table): Trends in new cases and positivity rates for each U.S. state over the past 14 days.

-Case count (table): Searchable table of confirmed cases, including recoveries and deaths, by country, updated each hour.

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

-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 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.

-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.

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VIDEO:

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