The Dow Jones Industrial Average is off another 700 points Thursday as investors continue the rollercoaster in the markets. Despite yesterday's 1,000-point gain, markets continue to monitor government reactions to coronavirus and the rising number of cases on the West Coast. The death toll in the United States has reached 11, and the number of confirmed cases has topped 160. This morning, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) announced plans to shut one of its Seattle offices after a contractor tested positive for coronavirus. Read more... Tags: dow jones today To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2020 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post The Dow Jones Industrial Average Slides 700 Points as Coronavirus Fears Accelerate appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .