Confirmed Global Coronavirus Infection Cases Near 330,000

The number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases is growing rapidly, with the total known infected more than doubling in a week to nearly 330,000 world-wide on Sunday. U.S. officials sought medical supplies and moved to expand hospital capacity to prepare for an influx of patients.

Cases in the U.S. alone crossed 32,000, up 10-fold from a week earlier, as a growing number of state leaders ordered residents to stay home as much as possible, sought medical supplies and moved to expand hospital capacity to prepare for an influx of patients.

Among those who have tested positive for the disease is U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, his office said. The Kentucky lawmaker was in quarantine and asymptomatic, according to his office. He is the first senator and third member of Congress to be infected.

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New York state has emerged as the center of the crisis in the U.S., with 15,777 confirmed cases reported Sunday—about 4,000 infections more than a day earlier and thousands more than any other U.S. state.

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