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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on the COVID-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 76,000 people in the state as of Wednesday morning.

Spain now has 102,136 coronavirus cases, its health ministry reported Wednesday, with the number of fatalities over the last 24 hours reaching a record 864 people.

President Donald Trump prepared Americans for a surge in coronavirus cases, saying the U.S. is facing a "very, very painful two weeks."

The Caixin/Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' index for March came in at 50.1, above expectations of a reading of 45.5 by analysts in a Reuters poll. It came on the back of February's reading of 40.3, the sharpest contraction on record.

As of Tuesday, more than 850,000 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed, resulting in at least 41,000 deaths.

Part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens will be converted into a temporary hospital with 350 beds for non-ICU patients from Elmhurst Hospital.

Americans are still "in a very difficult situation," the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said.

President Donald Trump said he will not seek to impose a quarantine on New York, New Jersey and certain parts of Connecticut, after floating the idea earlier in the day.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is holding a press conference Monday to update the public on the coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 43,100 people in the city.

"We have been behind it from day one since it got here. We have been playing catch up," Cuomo said Tuesday in announcing the new cases.

The new cases make New York the coronavirus epicenter of the world, surpassing China's Hubei province, which reported 67,801 cases.

The ambulances will increase capacity to transport coronavirus patients between medical facilities and assist the Fire Department with responding to a record number of medical calls.

Carnival warned that "even once travel advisories and restrictions are lifted, demand for cruises may remain weak for a significant length of time."

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding his daily press conference on the COVID-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 67,300 people in the state as of Wednesday.

An official from China's National Health Commission has said that the country is to start testing asymptomatic cases; Spain's numbers of deaths in 24 hours reaches highest level yet.

China on Tuesday said its official manufacturing PMI for March came in at 52.0, indicating an expansion and defying expectations of a contraction.

Fitch Ratings earlier this month downgraded the outlook for 10 banking systems in Asia Pacific to "negative." All 17 banking systems in the region that Fitch assesses now have a "negative" outlook.

The total number of coronavirus infection cases globally reached 766,300, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said "what you see us going through here, you will see happening all across the country."