Brazil tops 1 million cases as coronavirus spreads inland— World Health Organization chief says pandemic is “accelerating,” confirmed cases hit daily high— Navy upholds firing of carrier captain in virus outbreak— A person familiar with the decision says Major League Baseball is closing all of its spring training sites over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier, the Philadelphia Phillies said five players tested positive for COVID-19 this week at the team’s spring complex. — As the coronavirus spreads deeper across America, it is ravaging Latino communities from the mid-Atlantic to the Southwest, infecting them at alarmingly high rates and amplifying the inequalities they live with.