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Coronavirus Watch: Here's where things stand on the stimulus package

Jay Cannon   | Paste BN

Discussions over another pandemic stimulus package waged on this weekend, and the White House and Congressional Democrats blamed each other Sunday morning for not having a resolution.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are butting heads over what the relief bill will look like. Here's what they are each proposing.

It's Sunday, and this is Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here's the news to know today, as of 2 p.m. ET. 

  • Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, issued a warning to rural America, saying that it should not feel immune to the virus, which has thus far been more damaging in urban areas.
  • "Everyone knows everyone" in this small Texas town, and now there's an outbreak there. 
  • An Indiana school reopened for students. There was a positive COVID-19 test on day one.
  • A 27-year-old professional athlete is done for the season after a coronavirus-related heart condition. Boston Red Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez developed myocarditis – a heart condition – after recovering from the virus.
  • Three states set weekly records for new cases and eight states had a record number of deaths in a week, per a Paste BN analysis of Johns Hopkins data through late Saturday.
  • Track the latest numbers in your area right here, including daily case counts by state. There are 4.6 million confirmed cases and 154,000 deaths from the virus in the U.S., according to Johns Hopkins data. Globally, 17.8 million have been infected and 679,000 have died.

How are you feeling about going back to school? Paste BN is teaming up with Corona Diaries to hear your stories. What do you hope for? What do you fear? Here's how you can share your story.

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

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