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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares have opened lower as countries reported surging numbers of infections from the coronavirus outbreak that has prompted shutdowns of travel and business in many parts of the world. Stocks fell in Tokyo and most other regional markets but rose in Australia after the government promised more stimulus. U.S. futures fell slightly more than 1% and oil prices also were lower. Monday's drop followed a 3.4% decline Friday on Wall Street. Hopes that a $2 trillion relief bill would ease the economic havoc brought by the pandemic helped lift the S&P 500 10.3% last week, its biggest gain since 2009.

TOKYO (AP) — Before the Olympics were postponed, Japan appears to have the coronavirus infection contained. Now, Tokyo’s cases are spiking, and the city's governor is requesting people stay at home and is even hinting at a possible hard lockdown. The sudden rise in Tokyo's virus cases and the government's strong actions immediately after the Olympic postponement have raised questions about whether Japan understated the extent of its outbreak and delayed enforcement of social distancing measures while clinging to the hope the Olympics would start in July as scheduled.

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government's top infectious-disease expert says the country could see 100,000 to 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak. Dr. Anthony Fauci said millions could become infected in the United States. Faced with Fauci's grim projections and the possibility that even more could die in the U.S. without measures to keep people away from each other, President Donald Trump extended federal guidelines recommending people stay home for another 30 days until the end of April. The tally kept by Johns Hopkins University shows the U.S. had over 140,000 infections and 2,400 deaths. Worldwide, more than 33,000 people have died, half of them in Spain and Italy.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York has surpassed 1,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak, less than a month after the first case was detected in the state. The virus has torn through New York City and its suburbs with frightening speed. Most of the deaths have happened in a span of just a few days. New York City reported in the evening that its toll had risen to 776. The total number of statewide deaths isn't expected to be released until Monday. But with at least 250 additional deaths recorded outside the city as of Sunday morning, the state's total fatalities was at least 1,026.

UNDATED (AP) — Authorities say a new coronavirus outbreak at a Tennessee nursing home has prompted it to be temporarily closed for cleaning while dozens of its residents and staff members go into quarantine. A hospital says without elaborating that two of the residents have died, though it doesn't say if they tested positive for the virus. The governor's office says tests results released Sunday show 59 additional residents of the Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation and Healing tested positive for the virus. The total number of positive tests among home residents wasn't immediately reported. Authorities have said 33 staff members with confirmed cases are isolated at their homes.

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