COVID-19 Update: Coronavirus is now the leading cause of death in America – 1,970 deaths across the country per day

Summary:
Global new cases stabilize as deaths in the US, and the UK continue to climb
White House readying plan to start reopening the US economy by May 1st.
The number of confirmed cases in Israel has passed 10k as of Friday morning
A feud between Taiwan and WHO intensifies as Dr. Tedros accuses Taiwanese gov’t of a smear campaign
Javits Center, UNSN Comfort mostly empty of patients as hospitalization rate drops
England’s death toll tops 8k with a fatality rate of 12%
Iran accelerates the sale of gov’t assets as pressure on regime intensifies
Malaysia extends lockdown as cases in Southeastern Asia spike
Deaths in Spain continue to decline
Chicago mayor breaks up “underage drinking party” while personally enforcing social distancing
Now that the Federal Reserve has apparently extinguished credit risk from the market, ensuring that thousands of “zombie” firms will continue to borrow at extremely attractive rates, allowing them to lumber on through another day as ‘moral hazard’ is extinguished. What’s worse, almost, is that no one seems to care.
LA launches task force to test deputies at their home