10 things you need to know today: March 22, 2020

Global coronavirus cases pass 300,000, Senate still working toward coronavirus bill, and more

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1. Global coronavirus cases pass 300,000

The number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases crossed the 300,000 threshold Sunday as deaths topped 13,000. Italy remains the hardest-hit country after experiencing its biggest day-to-day increase of confirmed infections and nearly 800 new deaths Saturday. Premiere Giuseppe Conte announced he was tightening the country-wide lockdown and shutting down all production facilities except those providing essentials. In the United States on Saturday, New Jersey joined the growing number of states with stay-at-home orders for its citizens in an attempt to subdue the virus' spread, raising the total number of Americans under such restrictions above 80 million. China, meanwhile, said there were 46 new COVID-19 cases in the country after three days of reporting no new infections.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.