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Several states and municipalities have ordered restaurants to close due to concerns about coronavirus. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Ohio restaurant owner Adrian Adornetto.

Updated at 11:14 a.m., Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Cleveland-area hospitals are ramping up coronavirus testing and area residents are responding in droves. Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals opened a new drive-thru testing center, at the UH Landerbrook Health Center in Mayfield Heights on Tuesday. This is in addition to the original site which opened Saturday near University Circle.

The move frees up as much as $50 billion to help states deal with the crisis. But Trump overstated the readiness of a website to help anxious people find testing.

Hundreds of people visited the C&C Coffee and Kitchen, including some who praised its defiance in allowing a capacity crowd to eat breakfast burritos in its dining room.

President Trump says test data will establish risk categories for counties. States can then work out their own social distancing rules.

The administration and the states continue to grapple with how to move forward following the disaster.

It is the fourth measure approved by Congress in less than two months to combat the pandemic. This one, totaling $484 billion, will supply fresh funding to a new small business lending program.

Crimes including hoarding, price gouging and hawking fake treatments are spreading along with the virus, officials say. Prosecutors are focusing efforts on that "dark underbelly" of society.

Some states are moving forward, but many would be wise to wait, according to experts at the University of Washington. Here's their estimate for each state's safe date to reopen.

CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield says the agency will double the current number of positions to aid local health departments in quashing new outbreaks. They will focus on testing and contact tracing.