Amy Klobuchar is ending her Democratic presidential campaign and plans to endorse former Vice President Joe Biden.

The Minnesota senator’s decision to leave the race came just 18 hours before Super Tuesday in 14 states, including Minnesota.

Klobuchar was the third presidential candidate to drop out of the race in less than 49 hours, after Pete Buttigieg’s exit late Sunday and Tom Steyer’s Saturday.

An increase in testing for the coronavirus began shedding light Monday on how the illness has spread in the United States. New diagnoses in several states pushed the tally of COVID-19 cases past 100, and New Hampshire reported its first case, raising the total of affected states to 11.

The CDC recently broadened its guidelines for who should be tested for the new virus to include people with symptoms but without a travel history to virus hot zones.

More testing will bring more confirmed cases, experts said, but they cautioned that does not mean the virus is gaining speed. Instead, the testing is likely to reveal a picture of the virus’ spread that was previously invisible.

Keanu Daley, a triple major in actuarial science, statistics and theology has been named recipient of the 2020 Tommie Award, and is the first international student to receive this honor.

The Tommie Award, voted by St. Thomas community members, is given to a senior who “best represents the ideals of St. Thomas Aquinas through scholarship, leadership, and campus involvement,” according to the St. Thomas website.

Kayla Mayer can be reached at maye8518@stthomas.edu.