Coronavirus continues its rapid spread, confounding efforts by global leaders - The Boston Globe

Coronavirus continues its rapid spread, confounding efforts by global leaders - The Boston Globe: Efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak showed signs of faltering Saturday as Florida reported the United States’ first deaths outside the West Coast, Washington, D.C., confirmed its first case, and Italian leaders were scrambling on a plan that could lock down an entire region including Venice and Milan after reporting 1,000 new cases in 24 hours.