Italy has imposed a lockdown on its northern region, restricting the movement of more than 16 million people as it fights to control the spread of coronavirus.
A commuter wearing a medical mask waits for a train Thursday at Grand Central station in New York City. Several dozen cases have been confirmed in the state, and the East Coast as a whole saw its first two confirmed deaths related to COVID-19, in Florida.A commuter wearing a medical mask waits for a train Thursday at Grand Central station in New York City.
The lockdown affects the entire Lombardy region, along with its capital Milan, as well as the city of Venice. The area includes about a quarter of Italy's population. The Italian Civil Protection Agency reported a total of 5,883 COVID-19 cases as of Saturday evening, with 233 deaths from the illness. Italy's action followed another day of increasing cases of the coronavirus in the United States, including the first confirmed case in the nation's capital.
To this point, the West Coast has borne the brunt of coronavirus in the U.S., with the bulk of confirmed cases so far reported in California and Washington state. But that's likely to change soon, with reports of cases now in Florida, New York and the Washington, D.C., area.
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