While Donald Trump contemplates ultimate US fatalities in the range of 100,000 to 200,000 from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic, the loss of life from the virus in New York is "already staggering," according to Gov Andrew Cuomo (D).

TV commentators on competing networks are urging television executives to decide to stop broadcasting Donald Trump's full coronavirus briefings to the nation, because Trump is not necessarily truthful and he often treats them more like a form of entertainment.

It's "too early to tell" whether those patients who have been sickened by the coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease and have recovered from them have developed an immunity from being re-infected by the illness, according to an epidemiologist from the World Health Organization (WHO).

As New York City struggles with being the epicenter of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic, so is it's police department, with more than 700 of its officers having contracted the virus, according to former police commissioner Bill Bratton.

The United States now has the most confirmed COVID-19 cases in the world, with over 120,000. The death toll has also doubled in two days, reaching 2,000 Saturday evening.

An analysis of traffic patterns and mobile phone data use indicates that 99 percent of residents are staying home as requested to help slow the spread of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic, according to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

The chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee said that she sees a need for an additional stimulus package to help with the economic fallout from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic.

A Democratic senator and former presidential candidate castigated Donald Trump for too often blaming the nation's governors who are trying to manage through the current outbreak of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic.

The US military is still in a position to defend the nation despite the country being caught up in the midst of the novel coronavirus outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic, according to a former senior Marine Corps officer.

Boris Johnson, the prime minister of the United Kingdom who has become known for his boisterous efforts to finish the process known as "Brexit," has announced that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and "mild symptoms" of the COVID-19 illness.