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U.S. Cases Up 1.8%; Italy Speeds End of Lockdown: Virus Update

A health worker wearing protective gear sits on an ambulance, next to the a victim who died from the coronavirus, prior to the burial at a graveyard in New Delhi on May 13.

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U.S. cases rose 1.8% in the past 24 hours, just above the one-week average. Italy’s plan to speed the end a two-month lockdown is a “calculated risk,” the prime minister said, as businesses reopen next week.