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To date, 311 people have been tested statewide.

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California has reported 472 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 11 deaths as of Monday evening (March 16).

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The case count in Alabama jumped to 36 on Tuesday (March 17).

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Here is the COVID-19 situation in Massachusetts.

Georgia has 146 confirmed cases of COVID-19

More than 130 people in the state have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and one has died.

Here's a look at the number of coronavirus cases in Utah and the latest news about the COVID-19 outbreak.

Here's a look at the number of coronavirus cases in Indiana and the latest news about the COVID-19 outbreak.

Arkansas has reported 22 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday (March 17).

Here is the COVID-19 situation in Mississippi.

Here's a look at the number of coronavirus cases in Ohio and the latest news about the COVID-19 outbreak.

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West Virginia has its first confirmed case of coronavirus.

Hi, everyone. Just an update here — I’d hoped to resume writing the Futility Closet website in May, but all the libraries are still closed here due to the pandemic, so I’ll have to extend the hiatus. We’re fine here otherwise, and will continue to produce the podcast. I’ll post more updates as events warrant, and the archives are available in the meantime. If you have any questions you can reach me at greg@futilitycloset.com. Take care of yourselves! Greg

Some ppl look at old pictures of themselves and go "oh look, I was so thin!". I feel like "oh, look! I still felt there was ethical employment under capitalism! XD" All told this was a really solid job that I'm really grateful that I had. I learned a lot about industry in this Province, how our energy is made (and wasted), and the scale of impact you can have in industry. Those lessons have never left me. Also, how to write an email that can stand up in court. Thanks, EnergyWise. 

I just realized I haven’t updated any of my websites to reflect that everything has been cancelled. I should probably do that. Trying not to feel like I’m dropping balls. I mean, it’s not like things are “business as usual” at all. But every week there’s a few things on the “to do” list that […]

The L.A. Times have a new interview with Robert, and he gives them an update about the new album:

How far along are you on a new Cure album?
We’re going back in [the studio] three days after we get back from Pasadena for me to try and finish the vocals, which is, as ever, what’s holding up the album. I keep going back over and redoing them, which is silly. At some point, I have to say that’s it.

Has this been in the works for a long time or did you suddenly get to a point where it all came out at once?
I was offered the chance to curate the Meltdown Festival [in London] and I said yes. And then I realized I didn’t really listen to very much new music anymore. So I threw myself headlong into it and started listening to bands again and meeting kids who were in bands, and something clicked inside my head: I want to do this again. It came as a bit of a shock to me, to be honest. No one really believed me until we started recording.

Is there anything from your history that you would compare this new album to?
It’s very much on the darker side of the spectrum. I lost my mother and my father and my brother recently, and obviously it had an effect on me. It’s not relentlessly doom and gloom. It has soundscapes on it, like “Disintegration,” I suppose. I was trying to create a big palette, a big wash of sound.

Do you have a title?
The working title was “Live From the Moon,” because I was enthralled by the 50th anniversary of the Apollo landing in the summer. We had a big moon hanging in the studio and lunar-related stuff lying around. I’ve always been a stargazer.

In the past, when the Cure released an album, you’ve said the band was going to retire. How are you feeling this time?
Being the contrarian that I am, I’d be very unhappy if it was the last one. We’ll be onstage tomorrow and I’ll be saying to them, “This is the last time in Paris,” and they’ll look at me and shrug their shoulders. At some point, I will be proved right.

Read the rest at the L.A. Times.