Coronavirus updates: China to lift lockdown measures on Wuhan in April

Over 1.5 billion people across the globe -- more than one-fifth of the world's population -- have been ordered or urged to stay home amid a deadly pandemic of the novel coronavirus, which the World Health Organization has warned "is accelerating."

The new respiratory virus, known officially as COVID-19, has killed at least 16,574 people worldwide since emerging in the Chinese city of Wuhan back in December. There are more than 382,000 diagnosed cases of COVID-19 spanning across every continent except Antartica, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

With more than 46,000 diagnosed cases, the United States has the third-highest national total behind Italy and China. The virus has spread to every U.S. state as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, claiming the lives of at least 593 people.

Today's biggest developments:

• Diagnosed cases worldwide top 380,000, global death toll exceeds 16,000
• U.S. death toll at 593
• China to lift lockdown on Wuhan on April 8