UPDATE: Coronavirus cases in US now surpass 230,000, with 5,586 deaths.

Highest state case totals:

• New York: 92,381
• New Jersey: 25,590
• California: 9,927
• Michigan: 9,334
• Louisiana: 9,150
• Florida: 8,010

(As of 2:00 p.m. ET, April 2)

— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 2, 2020

All this mayhem & disaster just to “own the libs” 🤨 https://t.co/c5FsCk4Xws

— Tara Setmayer 🌻 (@TaraSetmayer) April 2, 2020

A lot of time could be saved at these press briefings if the president was just wearing an actual ring that the other speakers could kiss

— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) April 2, 2020

Trump: They say 2.2 million people would've died if I'd listened to the "ride it" people (he was the nation's leading "ride it" person). He adds, of that model number: "Whether it's true, or almost true, or maybe not true enough." ?

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 2, 2020

You mean like Pence and Trump?

— Patti O'Brien (@OBrieninDC) April 2, 2020

Inside the White House’s 240,000 coronavirus estimate: rushed work, baked-in assumptions & questions about reliability @thewanreport @jdawsey1 @AshleyRParker @JoelAchenbach https://t.co/xmuFUoc7oX

— Carol Eisenberg (@Eisey) April 2, 2020

"That's normally how things work" Admiral Polowczyk says most of the airlifted supplies are going to the commercial market "I am putting volume into that system" and not going directly to FEMA

— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) April 2, 2020

Sorry, @nytimes, it's not the pandemic that's "upending" the economy – it's Trump *mishandling* of it.

Don't believe me? "In February — even as virus cases spread — South Korea’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.3% while Japan’s is set to hold at 2.4%."https://t.co/VKkIQigqEL https://t.co/m82zl0Zgex

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) April 2, 2020

Trump says 100,000 ventilators are being built now or "soon to be started."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 2, 2020

We need supplies.

We need your help.

If you can manufacture PPE I implore you to do so. NYS will pay a premium.

Email Covid19supplies@esd.ny.gov

— Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 2, 2020

New York state is paying:

-15x normal price for masks
-4x normal price for gloves
-3x normal price for X-ray machine
-2x normal price for infusion pumps

"Price gouging laws in New York state and New York City do not apply to state and city purchases"https://t.co/5UU6p2n2pg

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) April 2, 2020

The coronavirus death rate in New Orleans is twice that of New York and more than four times that of Seattle. According to experts, obesity and related ailments might be part of the problem https://t.co/XuGKuPMeJN pic.twitter.com/ue186yUtQI

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 2, 2020

Schiff tells @ThePlumLineGS he wants to look into Trump's allocation of PPE and ventilators. “We need to make sure there’s no favoritism in terms of political allies, no discrimination against states or governors based on lack of presidential flattery.” https://t.co/YmpiRQVoQT

— Will Saletan (wsaletan on Threads) (@saletan) April 2, 2020

Trump slammed for begging Congress to not investigate his coronavirus response failures
https://t.co/ad8OVkcHeb

— Raw Story (@RawStory) April 2, 2020

Well, there's certainly no doubt Trump wrote this himself. It opens: "Thank you for your Democrat public relations letter and incorrect sound bites, which are wrong in every way." https://t.co/TffvmddEVT

— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) April 2, 2020

Where America Didn’t Stay Home Even as the Virus Spread – The New York Times https://t.co/xGDA8g4jvK

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 2, 2020

First it was you don’t need a mask. Then it was a mask doesn’t really work. Then it was only health care workers need masks. Now they’re saying everyone should wear a mask. https://t.co/mQcmE0OOxY

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 2, 2020

I cannot believe I am listening to the president’s moron son-in-law in the middle of a national emergency. This is the darkest timeline.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 2, 2020

Ivanka imagines "pretty much every parent" around the county is doing something similar to her (taking Greek mythology courses and learning the guitar) https://t.co/aGJPmadkiq

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) April 2, 2020

Here's Jared Kushner going for the world record of most meaningless corporate buzzwords used in a single one-minute video clip pic.twitter.com/Vy1QJEhLQa

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 2, 2020

Trump eliminated his pandemic response coordinator. Now that job is being done by Jared Kushner. https://t.co/GtrS4cK32U

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) April 2, 2020

The Trump-era book I want to read more than any other is a look at EVERYTHING Jared Kushner has been part of in the White House — from the Comey firing to immigration to the shutdown to Saudi to coronavirus, all layered with his conflicts and non-expertise.
Who will write it? https://t.co/COVd7Rf1GN

— Carlos Lozada (@CarlosNYT) April 2, 2020

"In conversations with advisers to the pres., many of whom were stunned by the remark,Mr. Kushner has stressed what he sees as his own abilities,saying that he’s figured out how to make the government effective." @peterbakerNYT @noahweiland @KannoYoungs https://t.co/SHlFg9drdT

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 2, 2020

We’ll bring the synergy to the room that allows us to holistically create actionable goals in real time using dynamic data https://t.co/ynTQt9gG0Y

— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) April 2, 2020

Coronavirus has spread to every county in New York, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo said is a precursor to what will happen across the country https://t.co/jAtdGg2JUP

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 2, 2020

If it wasn’t clear enough that our health system is broken. https://t.co/HrITgieyEG

— Slate (@Slate) April 2, 2020

Despite dire test shortages in areas where COVID-19 is spreading fastest, grift wins the day in Trump's America. https://t.co/VhkbdIcquw

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 2, 2020

Trump: ‘Complainers’ should've stocked medical supplies before coronavirus outbreak @kaitlancollins reports https://t.co/k627imQ6hi pic.twitter.com/th89ZDq3vF

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) April 2, 2020

Governors who dithered over stay-at-home orders have many more unpleasant surprises ahead of them. @juliettekayyem writes: "The decisions that public officials—and especially governors—will have to make are only going to get harder." https://t.co/3k1d9lem6d

— Dante Ramos (@danteramos) April 2, 2020

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was stern when asked about California churches remaining open during the pandemic.

“With all due respect,” he said, “it’s essential that we practice physical distancing everywhere. Period. Full stop.” https://t.co/ZHUh1k5UEb

— CNN (@CNN) April 2, 2020

The Pro-Lifers are gonna kill us all!https://t.co/fXkWasKCEm

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) March 27, 2020

"The pervasiveness of denial among Trump’s followers from early in the outbreak to the sharp pivot to finding fault once the crisis deepened, is a pattern that one expert in the spread of misinformation resembling textbook propaganda campaign."
https://t.co/hRYHOlbTxy

— Barry Ritholtz (@Ritholtz) April 3, 2020

U.S. paying Russia for entire planeload of coronavirus equipment sent by Moscow: U.S. official https://t.co/cPFAylwQqM pic.twitter.com/KY420O2jCm

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 2, 2020

Can anyone explain why Trump shipped our PPE supplies to China and all of these unusual actors are buying PPE supplies from China or handing them out as donations? https://t.co/QYfCaEbJ7i

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) April 2, 2020

Today it is exactly 18 months since Washington Post journalist Jamal #Khashoggi was killed and dismembered by agents of the Saudi Arabian government inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. https://t.co/HrkWZTTHw8

— Patrick Corrigan (@PatrickCorrigan) April 2, 2020

Trump’s Company Seeks Financial Help as Coronavirus Takes Toll – The New York Times https://t.co/nKWKs7goaq

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 2, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House doctor: Trump tested again for COVID-19, results negative, president 'healthy and without symptoms.'

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) April 2, 2020

Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Top 1 Million Globally https://t.co/aKtKYIC6ZT pic.twitter.com/ZS9lcUeLPx

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) April 2, 2020

Now daily new deaths:

• US & UK are straight lines angling upwards on a log scale. This is not good.
• In both countries, over the last week every day brings ~25% more new deaths than the day before
• No other countries are on that steep a trajectory at this stage of outbreak pic.twitter.com/aXJUEGPZVr

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) April 2, 2020

"Italy… looked to China and thought 'that isn't us'… the rest of Europe and the United States looked at Italy and thought 'that's not going to happen to us either'… This virus certainly doesn't care what nationality you are" – @jasondhorowitz w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/gECxKw2Oui

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) April 2, 2020

The FDA has approved a new test for coronavirus antibodies that may help scientists learn how widespread the infection is, and how long people remain immune after recoveringhttps://t.co/TkIRdm4tml

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 2, 2020

Matt Hancock: “At each point we have been following medical and scientific advice.” You can see what’s happening: the government is going to blame health experts and scientists for their catastrophic policy failures. pic.twitter.com/Sg7ZOZDhn4

— richard horton (@richardhorton1) April 2, 2020

WATCH – cometh the hour cometh the Tory lie; in January Hancock told Parliament we had a world leading test for Convid-19, that the NHS was ready and that the whole of the UK was well prepared…today we're facing reality and they want you to believe another set of their claims! pic.twitter.com/lhtel0V0wN

— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) April 2, 2020

BBC Question Time @YvetteCooperMP asks @MattHancock ‘By World Health Organisation standards, shouldn’t you still be self-isolating?’

His reply … I’m following our own recommendations and science’

— BremainInSpain (@BremainInSpain) April 2, 2020

The warnings were loud, clear and insistent. But the government did not act. https://t.co/NkjiGtXP5w

— George Monbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) April 2, 2020

pic.twitter.com/b652oBHWWi

— Scott Stemp (@scottstemp) April 2, 2020

FACT CHECK: South Korea is a democracy and is certainly a free country. https://t.co/E4oQqjs4MC

— Ashlee Explains It All (@ash_says_what) April 2, 2020

Istanbul mayor says time running out to halt coronavirus spread https://t.co/F704PS3fl5 pic.twitter.com/faAE8oenlX

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 2, 2020

Brazil's Bolsonaro isolated, weakened by coronavirus denial https://t.co/h8CbhwHO5E

— Bruno J. Navarro (@Bruno_J_Navarro) April 2, 2020

New from me: A state of denial: is this the world’s worst coronavirus response?https://t.co/eq4qwwluu1

— Paul Canning 🇺🇦 (@pauloCanning) April 2, 2020

To be fair, that’s Duterte’s response to everything https://t.co/jp0EgekTWG

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 2, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is on a strikingly similar course to that charted for climate change. It is critical that we pay attention to these similarities and what we might learn from them. https://t.co/89oximqEDl @AIEnvironment

— The Aspen Institute (@AspenInstitute) April 2, 2020

Judas!!! You logged in mate? pic.twitter.com/UQZsTJDCcQ

— Jesus Christ! Actually real and in no way a parody (@ThatBloke_Jesus) April 2, 2020