Coronavirus Watch: 'The largest rescue package in history'

Senators agreed on the largest economic stimulus bill in U.S. history, and the heir to the British royal throne tested positive for coronavirus. And Michelle Obama shared her tips on how to keep a routine during quarantine. 

This is Wednesday's Coronavirus Watch, courtesy of the Paste BN Network.

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• At roughly 1:30 a.m. ET Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced an agreement was reached on an economic stimulus package responding to the pandemic. Check back here for updates on the vote later today.
• The package includes one-time payments of $1,200 to qualified American adults and $500 per child, $367 billion for small businesses, as well as a $600 increase in the maximum weekly unemployment benefit for four months, among several other relief policies. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called the bipartisan agreement "the largest rescue package in history."
• Prince Charles, the heir to the British royal throne, tested positive for coronavirus, per a Wednesday statement from his official royal residence. Representatives from Buckingham Palace told Paste BN that Queen Elizabeth II is in "good health."
• The death toll in the U.S., which the Johns Hopkins coronavirus database listed at 809 early Wednesday afternoon, experienced a sharp uptick since it eclipsed 600 on Tuesday. There are more than 55,000 confirmed cases across the country, according to the database. Globally, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases has eclipsed 440,000 with nearly 20,000 deaths.
• President Donald Trump claimed the U.S. is now moving faster on testing than South Korea, but omitted a significant piece of context: The United States population is more than six times the size of South Korea’s. On a per capita basis, South Korea is testing far more of its citizens than the U.S.
• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed China in a Wednesday news conference for its response in the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak, saying the nation "repeatedly delayed" sharing information with the U.S. and other countries.

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– Jay Cannon, Paste BN Network and Wires Editor, @JayTCannon on Twitter