US political leaders, health professionals and others are all increasingly calling for a blanket national stay-at-home order to try to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Despite Florida having the fifth most confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, only issued a 30-day stay at home order this Wednesday, which will be going into effect today at midnight.

Although the presidential race has been in something like suspended animation these past few weeks as the nation and the world grapples with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic, Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams snapped it back to life--if only briefly--by publicly announcing that she would be pleased to be Joe Biden's running mate.

The fact that Donald Trump has proven untrustworthy and unreliable at the head of the daily White House coronavirus briefings has resulted in only a very modest bump at best in public opinion polling during this crisis, according to a former US senator.

Donald Trump's backpedaling on his desire to reopen the country in time for Easter came after campaign advisers for his re-election campaign told him that the public would hold him primarily responsible for the resulting increase in American deaths, according to a Washington Post reporter.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for President Donald Trump to “immediately” use the full powers of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to prevent shortages of life-saving medical supplies and personal protection equipment amid the pandemic.

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.

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.

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.