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By Avi Selk  Email The Post's coronavirus coverage linked in this newsletter is free to access from this email.   The latest The brain trust behind the federal government's war on the coronavirus is "a bureaucratic nesting doll" of oft-competing task forces that have produced no clear plan to end the crisis, The Washington Post reports. There is the official task force led by Vice President Pence; the "shadow task force" led by presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner; the new "Opening Our Country Council"; and a splinter group of medical professionals. And then there is President Trump, who often overrides and undermines whatever decisions these groups manage to make. Read our story on the problems with this system, based on interviews with 22 White House insiders. Meanwhile, states have been fending for themselves making extraordinary, unorthodox and expensive efforts to secure medical supplies in a cutthroat global market. "You've got 50 states and the federal government all chasing the same companies. It's crazy," Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) said in an interview. Read about what states are doing here. Congress has been largely comatose during this chaos. Most lawmakers left Washington last month, leaving the House and Senate chambers nearly empty, upending the crucial budget process and causing dozens of scheduled hearings to be canceled. More on that in this story. The need for better coordination becomes more apparent by the day. We report that many U.S. hospitals "are struggling to maintain supplies of antibiotics, antivirals and sedatives required for patients on ventilators and other drugs produced in countries where the coronavirus has shuttered or curbed manufacturing." New data shows that about 1 in 10 middle-aged coronavirus patients who are hospitalized in the U.S. die. The report also provides insight into hospitalization and mortality rates for all age groups, supporting the notion that while most covid-19 cases are mild, no age group is entirely safe. You can find the details here. "For many, this is an Easter of solitude lived amid the sorrow and hardship that the pandemic is causing," Pope Francis told a nearly empty St. Peter's Basilica in Rome today, as Christians across the world celebrate the holiday from home confinement (explore photos here). A few American pastors promised to hold Easter services despite quarantines. Last night, the Kansas Supreme Court struck down a Republican-led effort to allow in-person services across the state to go on. More important reads British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left the hospital. 'It's hard to find words to express my debt,' he said. WHO envoy says virus is still 'advancing' and may 'stalk the human race for quite a long time'  Joe Biden outlines his plan to reopen the country Why European unemployment isn't spiking as it is in the U.S. Share Coronavirus Updates