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Six people have now died from from coronavirus in the United States and the number of new cases jumped by two dozen over the weekend to 100 cases in 11 states.
Six people have died in Washington state.
Thousands are being monitored, tested or under some type of quarantine across the country.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are negotiating a multibillion-dollar spending package to deal with the virus.
Sources say it could be as much as $7 billion, far above the $2.5 billion the White House initially requested and lower than the $8.5 billion Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer proposed.
Democrats have blasted President Trump for his handling of the virus, at times contradicting the Centers for Disease Control and other medical experts on the severity of the virus.
Posted – 3.2.20