//National coronavirus updates: A difficult week ahead as US death toll nears 10,000

National coronavirus updates: A difficult week ahead as US death toll nears 10,000

The latest:There are more than 337,000 cases in the United States, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally. More than 9,600 people have died nationwide. Globally, the number of cases has surpassed 1.2 million with more than 69,000 deaths, Hopkins reports.President Donald Trump detailed a new CDC recommendation Friday that Americans wear face coverings in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.