[custom_adv] An attendee at the conservative CPAC 2020 conference has been diagnosed with coronavirus, according to the conference's organizer, American Conservative Union. ACU says the attendee did not go to any events in the main hall, where President Donald Trump delivered a speech. [custom_adv] The number of cases worldwide continues to climb. According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins, there have been more than 105,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 58,000 people have recovered, and more than 3,500 people have died. [custom_adv] There have been 19 deaths in the United States – 16 in Washington state and one in California, as well as the two in Florida. There are confirmed cases of the virus in 30 states. [custom_adv] Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday met with cruise executives in Florida. Meanwhile, the Grand Princess cruse ship, which is floating off the coast of San Francisco. Nineteen crew members and two passengers have tested positive for the virus. [custom_adv] Authorities were working to bring the ship to a non-commercial port this weekend and test everyone for the virus. While health officials said about 1,100 crew members will remain aboard, passengers could be disembarked to face quarantine, possibly at U.S. military bases or other sites. That's what happened to hundreds of passengers who were exposed to the virus on another cruise ship in January. [custom_adv] Italy, meanwhile, reported its biggest daily increase in infections since the outbreak there began. The draft of a new government decree suggests the country is on the verge of dramatically expanding its no-entry zone in what would be the most serious step taken anywhere outside China to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
