https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦠" title="Microbe" aria-label="Emoji: Microbe"> Whilst you drank in those final rays of Friday sunshine from home, we& #39;ve prepared your daily coronavirus news briefing. Here goes. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦠" title="Microbe" aria-label="Emoji: Microbe">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📈" title="Chart with upwards trend" aria-label="Emoji: Chart with upwards trend"> NEW NUMBERS https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📈" title="Chart with upwards trend" aria-label="Emoji: Chart with upwards trend">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond"> Together, Oregon and Washington have amassed more than 11,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and more than 500 related deaths.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧠" title="Brain" aria-label="Emoji: Brain">: Testing limitations prevent us from knowing the virus& #39; true spread.

Here& #39;s what happened today:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☀" title="Sun with rays" aria-label="Emoji: Sun with rays"> please stay home
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎨" title="Artist palette" aria-label="Emoji: Artist palette"> museum, resort layoffs
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐌" title="Snail" aria-label="Emoji: Snail"> Clark property taxes delayed
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚓" title="Police car" aria-label="Emoji: Police car"> PPB in PPE
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚛" title="Articulated lorry" aria-label="Emoji: Articulated lorry"> relaxed towing rules

All the big news in one link: https://bit.ly/2RrFOIM ">https://bit.ly/2RrFOIM&q...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📸" title="Camera with flash" aria-label="Emoji: Camera with flash"> TODAY& #39;S BIG STORY https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📸" title="Camera with flash" aria-label="Emoji: Camera with flash">

A Portland photographer& #39;s work from WWII has resonance today. His boss urged him to "focus on the man." "The history is going to be in the books, but the people are what we really want to record.” https://bit.ly/2xkNiqm ">https://bit.ly/2xkNiqm&q...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📸" title="Camera with flash" aria-label="Emoji: Camera with flash">: Victor Jorgensen/Gift of Victoria Jorgensen Carman and Lee Jorgensen/Portland Art Museum

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☀" title="Sun with rays" aria-label="Emoji: Sun with rays"> WEEKEND WORD https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☀" title="Sun with rays" aria-label="Emoji: Sun with rays">

The weather will be nice, but please stay home. https://bit.ly/3a0Aa7d ">https://bit.ly/3a0Aa7d&q...

New addition to the thread:

OPB reporters and photographers are capturing “Postcards from the Pandemic” to document the lived experience of people in the Northwest during this historic and unusual time.

We don& #39;t have cards every day, but will include them on days we do. So ...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌆" title="Cityscape at dusk" aria-label="Emoji: Cityscape at dusk"> POSTCARD https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌆" title="Cityscape at dusk" aria-label="Emoji: Cityscape at dusk">

We& #39;ll start with ... the start. OPB drone photographer Stephani Gordon captured a rare view of near-empty Portland streets during morning rush hour March 20. The images show a glimpse of how our world began to change. https://bit.ly/2ViT97A ">https://bit.ly/2ViT97A&q...

That& #39;s our thread for the evening. Follow our reporters for more.

Featured in this thread: @meerahpowell, @Rjaellis and @ericslade101