Glenn gives the latest coronavirus numbers, updating YOU on everything needed to know as Americans and officials monitor China's new COVID-19 virus:

Daily Stats as of 5:30 AM CT (from John's Hopkins)

• Total Confirmed Cases Worldwide: 2,094,897 (up from 2,014,006 yesterday)
  
• Total Confirmed Deaths Worldwide: 135,569 (up from 127,594 yesterday)
• Total Confirmed Recovered Worldwide: 520,946 (up from 491,824 yesterday)
• US has 644,348 Confirmed Cases and 28,554 deaths, up from 614,246 cases and 26,064 deaths yesterday
• Among Active Cases in the US, 2.3% of cases require ICU, compared to 4.7% of cases requiring ICU globally
• ICU rate among African American victims in the US is more than double the overall average at 5.1% (CDC figures) [note not all states report race of victims]

• While Americans lost another 2,300+ fellow citizens yesterday for the 2nd straight day in a row, the death rate in France is 300% higher.
• France lost 1,438 people to COVID-19 yesterday, compared to 2,371 in the US, but has only a population of 67,000 compared to over 330,000,000 in the US.
• France has lost 263 people for every 1 Million citizens, compared to only 87 deaths per 1 million in the US.
• US is 14th in rate of death, with all 13 countries ahead of it having some form of European/Socialized medicine.
• Some analysts have also pointed out that the rate of death in the US is also higher because the US CDC counts 'presumptive' cases (no positive COVID-19 test), whereas most EU countries require a positive COVID-19 test to put COVID-19 on death certificates, so death rates in the EU are likely higher than official numbers.

• Move comes as a French Court rules Amazon can only provide delivery services for "essential items" such as food & medicines.
• Amazon indicated it cannot fully comply with the order as written, so will simply suspend operations entirely.
• French court had also ruled that Amazon must provide for testing of facilities and packages to ensure they do not contain viral infections that threaten workers or customers.
• Amazon has provided over 4.5 Million grocery deliveries in Franch since March 1st, the company said.
• The Company is appealing the court decision to the French Supreme Court, which is officially in recess through May 15th due to COVID-19.

• Despite numerous Meat Processing plants being closed, The US Ag Secretary assured Americans "There is plenty of food. No American will go hungry."
• "The bare store shelves that you may see in some cities in the country are a demand issue and not a supply issue," Perdue said Wednesday at a White House briefing with President Donald Trump.
• "It has taken us a few days" for food companies to address a "misalignment" in distribution as restaurants close and more food is sold through grocery stores.
• Shoppers at times have already experienced shortages of staples such as eggs, milk and toilet paper.
• Recent tweets from shoppers have also shown empty shelves in butcher and meat departments in US stores.
• Perdue assured Americans "There is plenty of meat, plenty of it. If your local store doesn't have meat today, it will by tomorrow," he said.

• Some of North America's largest meat producers have been forced to close their plants or reduce production amid the spread of the novel coronavirus, prompting industry leaders to warn of "immediate and drastic" effects on Canada's supply chain.
• Beef processing capabilities have been reduced at a number of facilities in Canada and the U.S., including a temporary closure at a Cargill meat plant in High River, Alta., where dozens of employees have tested positive for COVID-19.
• "This single facility represents just over one-third of Canada's total processing capability, so the impacts to the Canadian beef industry are expected to be immediate and drastic," Michelle McMullen, communications manager at the Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA), told CTVNews.ca by email.
• Cargill also announced the temporary closure of its largest been processing plant in the US on Wednesday.
• With North American beef production "severely limited," CCA president Bob Lowe is calling on the Canadian government to introduce measures to support Canadian farmers and protect the country's supply chain.
• "The Canadian beef industry is facing a period of extraordinary uncertainty," Lowe said in an emailed statement to CTVNews.ca Monday.
• "Existing programs do not address the particular threats we are facing and in fact fall quite short. These are challenging times for all Canadians; it is together that we can implement solutions to ensure healthy and affordable food continues to be readily available."
• The CCA cited a survey this week noting that over 58% of its members are having issues placing cattle with meat processors for slaughter. "There are plenty of cattle, but no packing plants to send them to," said Lowe.

• Sonny Perdue announces USDA will directly buy Milk, Eggs and Meat to donate to food banks.
• "No farmers should be dumping milk down the drain, the USDA will buy any excess production," he said.
• The announcement was made on Fox Business News this morning.
• USDA also plans to make a lending program available to farmers and ranchers, he said, although no details were released this morning. "Help is coming," he said.
• Perdue said the US would buy over $10 Billion in foods each week to donate to charitable organizations.

• Thousands of motorists clogged streets in Michigan in protests to Governor Whitmer's seemingly arbitrary COVID-19 related orders.
• Similar protests are planned for today and Friday in California, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Colorado.
• Meanwhile, Governors in several states warned that "Protesting" is not considered an essential activity, and threatened that similar protests may be met with citations or arrest, according to Fox News.
• Collectively more than 1 Million people have signed up for various Facebook groups planning Drive By or Park In type protests around the US.