Scoop: US intel community in a report to White House concludes China has concealed the extent of the coronavirus outbreak in its country, sources tell @nwadhams  and me. Trump officials assumed China’s virus numbers weren’t accurate, now intel shows it.

“Don't feel like you're getting a handout from the government. Don't be proud. This is for you,” Kellyanne Conway says on Fox News. Govt coronavirus money for small businesses is meant for those who are temporarily in economic dire straits, she says.

As we reported Monday, Birx has begun to lean on IHME projections. She said at briefing yday it uses global experiences to project hospital and ventilator needs, and deaths. “It is this model that we are looking at now that provides us the most detail.”

Italy may be the most comparable area to the United States at this point, Pence said on CNN. The number of new coronavirus cases in Italy leveled off at a two-week low Tuesday, a sign the outbreak in Europe’s virus epicenter may be coming under control, per @business .

FEMA hasn’t given a specific delivery date request for the 100,000 bodybags, but the agency wants them as soon as they’re ready, @ACapaccio  reports in the latest depressing news story amid the coronavirus outbreak.

US is launching "enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the western hemisphere,” Esper says at coronavirus briefing. “We must not let the drug cartels exploit the pandemic to threaten American lives.” US Southern command will increase seizures of drug shipments, he says.

“One of our priorities must remain destroying the Mexican cartels,” US Attorney Bill Barr says at coronavirus briefing.