What you need to know: March 23

Good morning, North State.

Here's what you need to know to start your day on March 23.

If you're just tuning in - here are the major stories we're tracking this morning.

Butte county public health officials have confirmed two cases of coronavirus in butte county... public health says the first case is a man from chico over the age of 65.

They say he is dealing with mild symptoms from the virus..

And is currently self quarantined in his home... public health is still working to find out where he became infected.

The second case is an adult who also experiencing mild illness.

Health officials are not saying if it's a man or woman, but do say their case is travel related.

There are now two confirmed cases of the coronavirus in shasta county..

County public health says a woman in her 70s tested positive... she is now in isolation at a local hospital.

Health officials tell us the patient recently traveled to an area in the state where the virus is known to be present.

Right now the health departmentis working to identify others who are at risk of the infection and will issue quarantine orders as necessary.

### glenn, tehama, trinity and modoc all say they have no confirmed cases.

Siskiyou has two confirmed cases and yuba-sutter couny announced its third case over the weekend.

### and with butte county's first confirmed cases of the coronavirus -- a representative from the butte county jail says the jail will be suspending public visitation.

The sheriff's office says they will begin working on other ways for inmates to have contact with family members.

### we are tracking the spread of the coronavirus this morning... around the world cases of the coronavirus have passed 340 thousand... in the u.s. the number of cases shot up over the weekend..

Breaking 35 thousand confirmed cases and over 45o deaths..

And in california doctors have confirmed at least 18 hundred cases across the state..

#### president trump approved governor gavin newsom's request to declare a major disaster in the california..

The declaration will free up disaster assistance aid for the state... and will lessen the economic impacts on those affected by the outbreak... the declaration will also provide additional assitance like mass care, crisis counseling, disaster case management, disaster unemployment and more.### governor gavin newsom pledged to direct 42 million dollars to expanding california's healthcare infrastructure.... governor newsom spoke about the plan at a weekend news conference.

The money would go toward leasing two medical centers and securing equipment to help the state respond to the coronavirus..

He also said the state is focusing on taking care of its most vulnerable - including the homeless##