What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

Britain on Tuesday became the first country in Europe to confirm more than 30,000 coronavirus deaths, and infections rose sharply again in Russia, even as other nations made great strides in containing the scourge. China marked its third week with no new virus deaths.

In the U.S., some states took steps to lift lockdown restrictions that have put millions out of work and upended the global economy, although thousands of new U.S. infections and deaths have been reported daily.

Here are some of AP’s top stories Tuesday on the world’s coronavirus pandemic. Follow APNews.com/VirusOutbreak for updates through the day and APNews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak for stories explaining some of its complexities.

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY:

— America’s least-populated states are scoring big when it comes to getting federal aid. Alaska, Hawaii, Montana and Wyoming got an out-sized proportion of the $150 billion that was supposed to address coronavirus-related expenses. When measured by the number of positive COVID-19 tests, Alaska got nearly $3.4 million per test, according to an Associated Press analysis. New York, the hardest-hit state, received about $24,000 per positive test.

— President Donald Trump is going back on the road, visiting Arizona to see a Honeywell facility that makes N95 masks, after rarely leaving Washington during the coronavirus pandemic. He said he’ll also go to Ohio, to New York in June for the U.S. Military Academy graduation and to South Dakota in July for a holiday fireworks display. “Everybody traveling has been tested,” Trump said when asked if his aides would be at risk.

— One man worked in the laundry department at a Tyson Foods pork factory in Waterloo, Iowa. Another worked at a Tyson dog treats facility in Independence, Iowa. Jim Orvis and Arthur Scott lived in the same Waterloo...