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The fast-moving coronavirus story has maintained Americans\u2019 rapt attention. Roughly nine-in-ten U.S. adults (87%) are following news about the virus very or fairly closely, with just under half (46%) doing so very closely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Americans are also turning to a broad mix of sources for this news, whether traditional media outlets \u2013 national, local and international \u2013 or other sources such as public health organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National news outlets are a major source of coronavirus news for the largest segment of U.S. adults (56%). But nearly as many (51%) say this of public health organizations and officials. That is followed by 46% who rely on local news outlets as major sources of news, and, at the more local level, 36% who say state and local elected officials are major sources of COVID-19 news. About three-in-ten (31%) say Donald Trump and the coronavirus task force are a major source of news about the outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the outbreak affecting countries around the world, 25% of the American public turns to international news outlets as major sources of news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"About<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A smaller portion of Americans (16%) say friends, family and neighbors are a major source of news for them (another 54% say these individuals are a minor source). Closer to one-in-ten rely heavily on online forums and discussion groups (10%) as well as community newsletters and Listservs (8%), while presidential candidate Joe Biden and his campaign are a major source of coronavirus news for just 5% of Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Respondents were next asked which of these 10 sources they rely on the most<\/em> for coronavirus news. National news outlets rank first at 26%. Next come a group of three that are all at about the same level: public health organizations and officials (18% rely on them most), local news outlets (18%) and Trump and the task force (16%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly four-in-ten Americans (37%) say that in keeping up with coronavirus news, they have turned to different news sources than normal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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