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Closed playgrounds and picnic areas are seen closed amid the global coronavirus pandemic outbreak, in Roseville, Calif., on Sunday, March 29, 2020. Californians endured a weekend of stepped-up restrictions aimed at keeping them home as much as possible while hospitals and health officials scrambled Sunday to ready themselves for a week that could see the feared dramatic surge in coronavirus cases. The government's top infectious-disease expert warned Sunday that the coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans as smoldering hotspots in nursing homes and a growing list of stricken cities heightened the sense of dread across the country. (AP Photo/Don Thompson)

Closed playgrounds and picnic areas are seen closed amid the global coronavirus pandemic outbreak, in Roseville, Calif., on Sunday, March 29, 2020. Californians endured a weekend of stepped-up restrictions aimed at keeping them home as much as possible while hospitals and health officials scrambled Sunday to ready themselves for a week that could see the feared dramatic surge in coronavirus cases. The government's top infectious-disease expert warned Sunday that the coronavi…

March 29, 2020

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What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
March 29, 2020 8:59 p.m.

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

President Donald Trump on Sunday extended the country's voluntary national shutdown for a month, significantly changing his tone on the coronavirus pandemic only days after musing about the country reopening in a few weeks. He heeded public-health experts who told him the virus could claim over 100,000 lives in the U.S., perhaps more, if not enough is done to fight it.