Watch Live: White House Task Force Thursday Coronavirus Briefing

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump and the White House Coronavirus Task Force are set to hold a news briefing Thursday afternoon to update the public and the media on the latest information regarding the new coronavirus pandemic in the United States.

The briefing is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. and you can watch it on the above video player live with Patch.

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The news briefing on Thursday comes the same day that reports surfaced of a record number of American filing for unemployment last week, and less than 24 hours after the U.S. Senate approved the largest relief legislation in the country's history.

In other news on Thursday, the Trump administration is seeking to station troops near the US-Canada border to prevent illegal crossings, according to Trudeau.

As of Thursday afternoon there are 79,785 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States and 1,124 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins.