President Trump says he's confident US hospitals will have enough ventilators to meet 'peak' of crisis
Italy's death toll rises to 11,591 as the lockdown is extended to 12 April
New York governor Andrew Cuomo pleads for health workers from other states to help out
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announces a deal with airlines to rescue stranded Britons
180 more people have died in the UK, bringing total virus deaths to 1,408
The Spanish foreign minister says the upward rise in Spanish cases appears to be flattening out
The Hungarian government has been granted the power to rule by decree
Today's UK press conference at 10 Downing Street is due to start at 17:00 BST (16:00 GMT).
We are expecting to hear from Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and UK chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.
Image source, DysonSimply put, a ventilator takes over the body's breathing process when disease has caused the lungs to fail.
This gives the patient time to fight off an infection and recover.
Governments around the world have been trying to order thousands more of them since the coronavirus outbreak began.
But how exactly do they work? Find out here.
Ritu Prasad
BBC North America in Washington DC
Image source, Getty ImagesAs the Covid-19 case count continues to rise in the US, President Donald Trump has said a new rapid test is coming soon.
He gave no details. However, Abbott Laboratories is launching a test which can give a result in as little as five minutes.
Speaking on Fox News, Mr Trump said the current test was “rough” and the new version would be “easier, simpler and quick”. He said it would come out as early as this week but did not offer any further details about the test or its production.
Diagnostic test access has been a problem across the US, although testing has been ramped up in the last few weeks thanks to new emergency drug rules and private companies increasing capacity. There are still discrepancies in receiving results, however, with patients sometimes waiting days to hear back.
Mr Trump also commented on his decision to keep restrictions on the US until the end of April, saying he had listened to the experts. He said he would continue to “rely on them” for any further steps.
The Republican president also criticised Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, even suggesting the federal government could “get involved to take over” her San Francisco district. “Her area’s become a slum, they don’t do anything,” Mr Trump said, accusing Ms Pelosi of focusing only on impeachment instead of the pandemic.
Labour MP Stephen Kinnock, has been publicly criticised by police for "non-essential" travel after visiting his father - former Labour leader Neil Kinnock - on his 78th birthday.
The Labour MP for Aberavon in South Wales posted a picture of himself sitting on a chair outside his parents’ home in London.
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In response to the tweet, South Wales police urged him to comply with government restrictions regarding only making essential trips.
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Other police forces in the UK have also been highlighting examples of people not following new government rules - something which has come in for criticism.
Derbyshire Police, which released drone footage of people walking in the Peak District, were accused of "nanny policing".
David Shukman
Science editor, BBC News
Image source, afpTape marks a safe distance at a bakery counter in Essen, Germany
A new study of the coronavirus outbreak in 11 European countries finds that 59,000 lives have been saved so far by government interventions.
Scientists at Imperial College London have assessed the impact of social distancing, school closures, lockdowns and the banning of large gatherings., external
Using a new model, or computer simulation, they calculate that between 21,000 and 120,000 deaths will have been prevented up to the end of March.
They have calculated that the scale of infections ranges from 15% of the population of Spain to 0.41% of the population of Norway.
For the United Kingdom, the estimate is that 2.7% of people have been infected.
One of the authors of the study, Professor Axel Grandy, said that government measures had “already saved lives”.
“The impact of the pandemic is extreme - but it would have been much worse without the interventions. Keeping interventions in place is crucial for controlling it," added Prof Grandy.
The scientists warn that it is still too early to know how effectively the new measures will reduce death rates overall because of a lag of two to three weeks between infections and fatalities.
The countries assessed in the report are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.
The number of people who have died in England after contracting coronavirus is now 1,284, a rise of 159, NHS England said.
Those who died were aged between 32 and 98 years old.
Almost all patients had underlying health conditions – the four people who did not were aged between 56 and 87 years old.
NHS England confirmed their families had been informed.
Members of a choir group from Washington state in the US are believed to have contracted coronavirus through the air at a singing practice, leaving two of them dead.
Skagit Valley Chorale held the rehearsal at Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church on 10 March, as coronavirus was beginning to spread more widely in the state.
The singers were offered hand sanitiser and kept their distance from each other, avoiding handshakes and hugs.
Of the 60 members who attended, 45 have since been diagnosed with Covid-19 or are experiencing symptoms of the disease, the Los Angeles Times reported, external.
At least three are being treated in hospital and two are dead, the newspaper said.
Experts say coronavirus is primarily spread when an infected person coughs small droplets which are then smeared on surfaces touched by others.
There is evidence, however, that the virus can be transmitted through aerosols that can be breathed in. A study by the New England Journal of Medicine, published on 17 March, external, appears to support this conclusion.
Read our explainer about what coronavirus symptoms are and how to protect yourself.
James Landale
Diplomatic correspondent
Around the world there are thousands of Britons desperate to get home - but airports have been closed, borders shut and cities have been placed in lockdown.
They've been on the phone calling airlines or tour operators, on hold for hours or failing to get through at all. They've also been emailing, phoning and messaging the local British embassy, often to no avail.
They're also writing hundreds of posts on social media, voicing their frustration and asking the question: why is more not being done to help them?
Read more here from our diplomatic correspondent James Landale about UK citizens stranded abroad.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Hungarian parliament has now granted the government the power to rule by decree in this emergency.
The new law, which we described a short while ago, was backed by 137 MPs, and 53 were against.
The law has no time limit and has been strongly criticised by opponents in Hungary, as well as by international human rights watchdogs.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban - a nationalist and conservative - promised to use the extraordinary powers "proportionately and rationally".
The leader of the opposition Jobbik party, Peter Jakab, said the law placed the whole of Hungarian democracy in quarantine.
Reality Check
A false message has been shared by social media users in the UK saying alcohol has been banned.
It shows an announcement with the UK government and the National Health Service logos at the top, claiming that under “emergency legislation” the NHS has ordered a ban on the sale, purchase and consumption of alcohol after discovering that it “lowers immunity".
There is no such ban on the sale, purchase or consumption of alcohol in the UK, although the government has told pubs, clubs and restaurants to close.
But off-licences, other licensed shops and supermarkets have been allowed to stay open.
So far, South Africa is the only country to implement a nationwide alcohol ban as part of measures to combat Covid-19.
Image source, ReutersAustria will make it compulsory for the public to wear basic face masks in supermarkets in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus, Reuters news agency reports.
The masks, which Chancellor Sebastian Kurz admits are below medical grade, will be handed out as early as Wednesday.
"As of the moment these masks are handed out in front of supermarkets, it will be compulsory to wear them in supermarkets," he says.
The medium-term aim, he says, is that people will wear them in public more generally.
However, since the start of the outbreak, the World Health Organization, external has said people only need to wear face masks in two situations: if they are sick and showing symptoms, or if they are caring for people who are suspected to have coronavirus.
Image source, Getty ImagesRed Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko says he advised his drivers to become infected with coronavirus with the Formula 1 season yet to get going.
The 76-year-old Austrian said he had the idea to bring his drivers and juniors together in a camp, which "would be the ideal time for the infection to come".
"They are all strong young men in good health. That way they would be prepared whenever the action starts," he said.
The rest of Red Bull management were against the idea, which was abandoned. The first eight races of the 2020 calendar have been called off and the British Grand Prix in July is one of the next events under threat.
There have been 14 new coronavirus deaths overnight in Wales, bringing the total number of deaths to 62.
Dr Giri Shankar from Public Health Wales says 210 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Wales. The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 1,451.
Figures for the whole of the UK will be released later this afternoon., external
If you're in the UK, you can see how many confirmed cases there are in your area here.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his staff have placed themselves in self-isolation, pending the results of tests for coronavirus, his office says.
It comes after an aide, Rivka Paluch, tested positive on Sunday.
Mr Netanyahu's office said the prime minister "has decided that he and his close staff will remain in isolation until the epidemiological investigation is completed".
The Jerusalem Post newspaper says that if Mr Netanyahu tests positive, both he and the leaders of the opposition Blue and White party, with whom he is in the midst of talks to form a government of national unity, will have to self-isolate, having met for eight hours on Saturday night.
The development comes at a critical time for Israel, where the leaders are reportedly on the verge of resolving a year-long political deadlock following three inconclusive elections.
Image source, Getty ImagesEarlier we reported on the confusion about the number of tests being carried out each day to see if people have coronavirus in the UK.
It came after Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove suggested on Sunday that there had been 10,000 tests the previous day. Health Secretary Matt Hancock also tweeted that the 10,000 test figure had been reached.
The prime minister's official spokesperson has clarified that Mr Gove was talking about the testing capacity, not the number of tests actually carried out.
They say he was relying on information given to him from Public Health England, which has since been clarified.
Public Health England tweeted, external that the latest figure of the number of tests conducted, as of 09:00 GMT on Saturday, was 9,114 and testing capacity stood at 10,949 a day.
These figures refer to those being tested in a clinical setting – and does not include key workers, the prime minister's spokesperson says, adding that 900 front-line staff were tested over the weekend.
Nick Thorpe, BBC News
Image source, Getty ImagesEmergency mask production in Budapest
The Hungarian parliament is expected to grant the government extensive new powers to enforce the state of emergency, in a vote today.
It is a controversial move - more than 100,000 people have signed a petition against it. But Prime Minister Viktor Orban's conservative Fidesz party has a strong majority in parliament.
According to a survey by the pro-government polling agency Nezopont, 90% of the public want an extension to the emergency law, and 72% agree that the criminal code be strengthened.
But opposition parties and human rights groups accuse the government of including several extreme measures in the law, which no opposition party in any democracy could ever agree to. These include the granting of special powers for an indefinite period, reducing democratic control over those measures, and threatening journalists with imprisonment for just doing their job.
In that sense, they see the law as a political trick by the government. When the opposition votes against it, they can be accused of being traitors, in the nation's hour of need.
A pro-Fidesz analyst, Zoltan Kiszelly, told the BBC "the government wanted to have a free hand in dealing with this pandemic, that’s why they wanted to have this power.
"But there is … no intention of the government to limit freedom of speech or freedom of the media."
A hate campaign in government media against independent news outlets has alarmed journalists. "When anger and resentment is incited against us in the media, it serves only to demean and silence the voices of those who have heroically taken their places on the frontlines of public health," wrote Peter Magyari in 444, a critical news portal.
There are now more than 720,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide and more than 34,000 people have died.
As the virus spreads rapidly, it can be hard to visualise what's happening around the world.
Our guide to the pandemic can help you understand the big picture.
With global coronavirus cases now more than 735,000, and at least 34,000 deaths, severely stretched health services are building field hospitals to care for patients.
You can see our full gallery here.
See pictures of Nightingale Hospital being built here.
Image source, Getty ImagesPacaembu Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is being turned into a temporary hospital with 200 beds
Image source, AFPConstruction of this field hospital in Rafah, Gaza Strip, began in mid-March
Image source, PA MediaIn London, the ExCel conference venue has been turned into Nightingale Hospital, which will eventually have 4,000 beds
Image source, Getty ImagesConvenience stores selling Easter eggs have challenged "overzealous" officials trying to restrict the range of goods they can sell under coronavirus curbs.
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) blamed a "misreading of the rules" after some shops were told by police and local councils that the chocolate eggs were considered non-essential goods.
"There is no government definition of which products can be sold within those stores," said ACS chief executive James Lowman.
The attempt to restrict the kinds of goods sold in convenience stores was described as "bonkers" by retail analyst Richard Hyman.
We have put together images of daily life from around the world as the coronavirus continues to spread.
Image source, ReutersA sign thanks members of the National Health Service in the UK and other key workers in Manchester
Image source, ReutersA Palestinian child, 11-year-old Anton Victor Sara, plays on a computer in his room while observing a partial lockdown at his home in Jerusalem
Image source, ReutersA woman wearing a face mask dances on the East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus disease outbreak, where some restrictions have now been lifted