Associated Press Update 03.31.20

Happening Now

Spain’s coronavirus deaths jumped by a record number Tuesday as the country’s medical system strained to care for its tens of thousands of infected patients, and Italy opened a 200-bed field hospital at a fairgrounds in Milan.   Two ships carrying passengers and crew from an ill-fated South American cruise are pleading with Florida officials to let them carry off the sick and dead.   Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street as investors close out a brutal month of March. White House officials are relying on statistical models to predict the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and try to protect as many people as possible.   Increasing numbers of European hospitals are buckling under the strain of treating tens of thousands of coronavirus patients.

All information and sources above from the Associated Press.