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The Philadelphia 76ers: Three members of the organization test positive for COVID-19. All other tests results are currently negative | via @cNN

JUST IN: An unidentified Boston Celtics player tests positive for COVID-19 | via @celtics

JUST IN: Two players from the Los Angeles Lakers test positive for COVID-19. Both are asymptomatic, under quarantine | via @NBA

JUST IN: Marcus Smart confirms he is the Celtics player infected with the novel coronavirus, adds he is asymptomatic and 'feels great' | via @smart_MS3

Caribbean nation Haiti is now in full lockdown after President Jovenel Moise announced the country's first two cases of coronavirus.

One infected person is a 60-year-old Belgian man. The other is a French citizen | via @CNN

JUST IN: Denver Nuggets player also tests positive for COVID-19. He is currently in self-isolation | via @nuggets

BREAKING: Peru's Ministry of Health announces the country's first death due to novel coronavirus.

The victim was a 78-year-old man who also suffered from high blood pressure | via @CNN

BREAKING on @CNN: California governor orders all 40 million residents to stay home to prevent the spread of COVID-19

California, the most populous US state, has 19 coronavirus-related deaths and 910 cases

BREAKING: For the second day, mainland China reports no new locally-transmitted COVID-19 case.

China says there are 39 new imported cases and three deaths as of Thursday | via @CNN

25 people have been killed by the novel coronavirus in Indonesia. This is the highest coronavirus death toll of any country in Southeast Asia | via @CNN

Head of United Nations' World Food Programme tests positive for the novel coronavirus. | via @CNN

David Beasley, head of the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP), has COVID-19, according to a statement released on Thursday | via @CNN

Beasley said in a written statement that he is now working with his WFP team to trace back anyone he may have been in close contact with during the time he was unaware of the infection | via @CNN

@CNN More than 200 first responders in Washington, DC, are under quarantine
DC Fire & EMS tweeted that there are 141 Washington, DC, firefighters and 70 police officers in quarantine due to the novel coronavirus. | via @CNN

Marriott to furlough most associates at its headquarters

Marriott's furloughs, which previously were only for its hotel workers, are now hitting the corporate level. | via @CNN

@CNN There are at least 15,500 coronavirus cases in US

According to CNN Health’s tally of US cases that are detected and tested in the United States through public health systems, there are 15,599 cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States. | via @CNN

@CNN Trump announces suspension of federally held student loan payments

President Trump announced that the Department of Education will not enforce standardized testing requirements for the current school year. | via @CNN