coronavirus pandemic continues to take a heavy toll as the number of confirmed cases worldwide rises. In the United States, deaths have totaled over 100 thousand.
Many state and local governments closed schools — some for the rest of the academic year — shut down restaurants, bars, and nightclubs, and encouraged residents to follow the Centers for Disease Control's recommendations for "social distancing" as a means to slow the spread of the disease known as COVID-19 and save lives.