Apr 5, 2020 - Health

In photos: U.S. lockdown life

Rebecca Falconer

Lauryn Morley, a lower school substitute teacher for the Washington Waldorf School in Bethesda, Maryland, works from her home in Arlington, Virginia. Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

The number of novel coronavirus cases in the U.S. has grown from one on Jan. 21 to more than 312,000 by early Sunday, per Johns Hopkins.

The big picture: Roughly three-quarters of the American population is on lockdown, with social distancing measures and other orders in place across the country. Here's how Americans are coping with the massive upheaval the outbreak has brought, in photos.

Miami residents applaud and make noise from their balcony as a way to show solidarity for healthcare workers — Miami residents applaud from their balconies in solidarity for health care workers, first responders, supermarket employees and all the professions helping to fight COVID-19. Photo: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

A young homeless woman washes her hands at a sanitation station outside a mission in the Kensington of Philadelphia, PA — A sanitation station in Philadelphia. Photo: Cory Clark/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Medical supplies and beds are seen inside a tent as volunteers from the International Christian relief organization Samaritans Purse set up an Emergency Field Hospital — The Samaritan's Purse emergency field hospital for coronavirus patients in New York City's Central Park. Photo: Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images

Cellist Jodi Beder performs a daily concert on her front porch in Mount Rainier, Maryland, to help people passing by and her neighbors cope with the outbreak. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Martha's Table volunteer Poet Taylor helps distribute hundreds of free hot meals donated by the Clyde's Restaurant Group to people in need during the novel coronavirus pandemic — Martha's Table volunteer Poet Taylor helps distribute hundreds of free hot meals to people in need in Washington, D.C. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A worker walks through a baggage claim area at a nearly-empty O'Hare International Airport on April 2 — O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, which typically serves 8.2 million passengers a month, has closed two of its seven runways as the pandemic has significantly reduced air travel. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images

A worker cleans the steps at Pioneer Square in Portland, Ore., on April 3 — People keep to social distancing guidelines in Portland, Oregon. Photo: Alex Milan Tracy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Signs are posted throughout the city reminding residents of what areas are closed due to the coronavirus in Long Beach — Signs are posted throughout Long Beach, California, reminding residents of what areas are closed. Photo: Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images

Sarah Dodson holds up a string of uncut masks at the L.L. Bean plant in Brunswick, ME — A police officer outside the closed Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. Photo: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

US Customs officers stand beside a sign saying that the US border is closed at the US/Canada border — U.S. Customs officers at the U.S.-Canada border in Lansdowne, Ontario. Photo: Lars Hagberg/AFP via Getty Images

A police officer mans the entrance to a coronavirus (COVID-19) testing center in Hansen Dam Park on March 25 — A police officer at the entrance to a coronavirus testing center in Hansen Dam Park, Pacoima, California. Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Houses in Boston's Hyde Park held bears in their windows on Apr. 1 — People around the world have been placing stuffed bears in their windows to keep kids entertained during the outbreak — including this house in Boston's Hyde Park. Photo: Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

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