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The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 5,100 people in the United States, as more state governors issued stay-at-home orders Wednesday to curb the spread. Over 216,000 people are now infected and more than 8,500 others have recovered.
The state of play: Trump administration officials are anonymously sounding the alarm that America’s emergency stockpile of personal protective equipment is running dangerously low, the Washington Post reports.