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

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PUBLIC HEALTH-VACCINE: As the nation awaits a vaccine to end the pandemic, local health departments say they lack the staff, money and tools to distribute, administer and track millions of vaccines, most of which will require two doses. SENT: 1960 words, photos. A 900-word abridged version also will move.

UPCOMING:

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SMALL BUSINESS-DIPPING INTO SAVINGS: Some owners are dipping into savings or retirement accounts to ensure the survival of their companies. It’s a step that owners don’t take lightly — they’re essentially betting that their business will recover from the recession and they’ll be able to recoup the money. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos, by 11 a.m.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-VISUAL ARTISTS: Affected by the global pandemic, many visual artists are taking refuge in their work in search of sense and solace. Some have suffered the horror, the sickness and the loss firsthand. Others are channeling their anguish and their fear, their feelings of loneliness, into their work. UPCOMING: 750 words, photos, by 12 p.m.

SENT/DEVELOPING:

VIRUS OUTBREAK: Mental health therapists’ caseloads are bulging. Waiting lists for appointments are growing. And anxiety and depression are rising among Americans compared with before the pandemic, research suggests. SENT: 910 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST.

BUDGET DEFICIT: The federal budget deficit is projected to hit a record $3.3 trillion due to COVID-19 costs and the recession. That’s more than triple the 2019 shortfall. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-FDA SHAKEUP: A second Trump administration appointee has been ousted at the Food and Drug Administration after the agency’s botched announcement about an experimental therapy for COVID-19. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TREATMENTS: New studies confirm that multiple types of steroids improve survival for severely ill COVID-19 patients, cementing the cheap drugs as a standard of care. SENT: 530 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-VENTILATORS: The Trump administration is cancelling some of its remaining orders for ventilators, after rushing to sign nearly $3 billion in emergency contracts as the COVID-19 pandemic surged in the spring. SENT: 820 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ITALY: Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has tested positive for COVID-19 after a precautionary check, his press office says. SENT; developing.

BRITAIN-ECONOMY: The Bank of England says there are perfectly understandable reasons why the majority of office workers have yet to return to their pre-lockdown workplaces despite new coronavirus guidance from the British government .SENT: 590 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-PERU DEATH RITES: Burial was a tradition for both Peru’s indigenous Inca culture and the Spanish who colonized the country. And millions of Peruvians would visit their loved ones’ graves at least once a year, many more frequently, to eat and drink and pay tribute to the deceased on the Day of the Dead every November. The arrival of the coronavirus pandemic has been a blow to that tradition. SENT: 510 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-OUTDOOR LEARNING: A public school in New York City is looking to show how classes can be moved outside to more safely facilitate in-person learning. Teachers and parents at Public School 15 in Brooklyn took to the street outside their campus Wednesday to demonstrate one way outdoor learning could work. SENT: 620 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA: Australia’s coronavirus hot spot, Victoria state, is extending its state of emergency for another six months as its average of new coronavirus infections per day dipped to 95. SENT: 560 words, photos.

FINANCIAL MARKETS: Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street, extending the market’s recent string of gains. The S&P 500 ended with a gain of 1.5% Wednesday. SENT: 720 words, photos.

BUBBLE BENCH: For players like Tyson Chandler, Tacko Fall and the other guys at the end of the bench, being inside the NBA bubble is challenging on several levels. While stars like James Harden and LeBron James deal with the same mental fatigue being at Disney presents, they know when the game starts and the lights come on what time it is. SENT: 940 words, photos.

ITALY-VENICE FILM FESTIVAL: The Venice Film Festival has opened under a slew of COVID-protection protocols, with the few A-list celebrities making the trip wearing face masks and the general public largely absent from the premises. SENT: 880 words, photos. With ITALY-VENICE FILM FESTIVAL-BLANCHETT: Actress Cate Blanchett says she is baffled that other countries didn’t learn from Italy’s pain to be better prepared to fight the coronavirus outbreak when it spread.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-STURGIS: A Minnesota man who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota last month has died from COVID-19. SENT: 270 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-ERNST-CORONAVIRUS: Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa is suggesting government statistics on coronavirus infections and deaths have been inflated. Ernst, who is facing an unexpectedly tough reelection fight, is echoing a discredited conspiracy theory. SENT: 450 words, photos.

FEDERAL RESERVE-BEIGE BOOK: The latest Federal Reserve survey of U. S economic activity has found generally modest gains in August but also pessimism about the future given the threats posed by the coronavirus. SENT: 170 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-FLORIDA: The high-brow Art Basel fair, known for glamorous parties and celebrity sightings, is canceling its annual Miami event amid the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 170 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-THAILAND: Thailand’s prime minister has congratulated his countrymen on the nation having achieved 100 days without a confirmed locally transmitted case of the coronavirus. SENT: 480 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-GREECE: Greek authorities imposed a 14-day quarantine on an overcrowded migrant camp on the island of Lesbos Wednesday, after one man who had been living outside the official camp tested positive for the coronavirus. SENT: 220 words, photos.

AUSTRALIA-ECONOMY: Australia’s economy has suffered its sharpest quarterly drop since the Great Depression because of the pandemic, with new data released confirming the country is in its first recession in 28 years. SENT: 340 words, photos.

JOBS-REPORT: U.S. companies added jobs at a modest pace last month, a private survey found, a sign that while hiring continues, it is only soaking up a relatively small proportion of the unemployed. SENT: 240 words, photos.

BRITAIN-VIRGIN ATLANTIC:The U.K. High Court has approved Virgin Atlantic’s 1.2 billion pound ($1.6 billion) restructuring plan. allowing the international airline to continue rebuilding its operations after the devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic. ESNT: 240 words, photos.

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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