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Confirmed COVID-19 cases around the world topped 200,000 last week.

An unprecedented response to a global health crisis has left many to wonder exactly when things might revert to normal.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to hold a press conference on the coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 14,900 people in the city.

"It's going to be another three, four weeks until we see the peak in the epidemic curve in regions like New York, and that's the hopeful case," Gottlieb said.

Traces of the coronavirus were found up to 17 days after passengers disembarked the Diamond Princess cruise ship, surviving far longer on surfaces than previous research has shown, according to new data published Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Cases across the state are doubling about every three days, standing at 25,665 as of Tuesday — 10 times the number of cases in California.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to hold a press conference on the COVID-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 20,800 people in the state as of Monday.

Analysts warn that the COVID-19 pandemic could disrupt the global pharmaceutical supply chain which is heavily reliant on China and India, as India takes harsh measures to combat the spread of the virus.

The WHO has warned the coronavirus outbreak is picking up the pace, with almost every country in the world recording cases of COVID-19.

The U.S. Federal Reserve announced an open-ended asset purchase program on Monday, while Germany is set to unveil major stimulus measures.

As of Monday, more than 375,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported, resulting in at least 16,100 deaths.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo estimates that up to 80% of the state's more than 19.4 million residents will get the coronavirus.

Global cases have more than doubled in the past week, according to the World Health Organization, and worldwide deaths have nearly tripled.

"The pandemic is accelerating," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday.

President Donald Trump on Sunday announced he is deploying the National Guard to California, New York and Washington state - the current epicenters of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S.

"No doubt, ideally we would have broader testing, but at the moment, capacities are limited," Roche CEO Severin Schwan said on CNBC's "Squawk Box." "I think this is still a couple of weeks, if not months, out, and the reason is very simple."

World Health Organization officials are holding a press conference to update the public on the coronavirus outbreak, which has now infected more than 350,000 people worldwide.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to hold a press conference on the COVID-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 15,100 people in the state as of Sunday.

U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Monday the army would help deliver supplies of personal protective equipment to healthcare workers.