Coronavirus live news: Cases approach 1.2m as Trump tells Americans to expect ‘a lot of death’
Quarter of cases globally are in US; Spain infections overtake Italy; US deploys military personnel. Follow the latest updates.
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Ecuador’s government has begun storing the bodies of victims of the coronavirus in giant refrigerated containers as hundreds of deaths in the city of Guayaquil, the centre of the country’s outbreak, have already filled morgues and hospitals.
Here’s a summary of the latest events in the US:
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