Coronavirus has claimed even more American lives than WWI
17 June, 2020
With 740 new coronavirus deaths in a day, america has seen more persons die from the pandemic than died in World War I, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
The new figure, counted at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT) Tuesday, brought the country's total COVID-19 deaths up to 116,854, the tracker from the Baltimore-based university showed.
The increase came after two days of death tolls under 400.
And 23,351 brand-new cases in the same 24-hour period brought the total US total to 2,134,973, so that it is by far the hardest-hit of any country on the globe.
The country's pandemic death toll had already passed that of its soldiers in the Vietnam War in late April.
AMERICA, where many companies are reopening, continues to join up around 20,000 latest cases of the novel coronavirus every day. Countless states are possibly recording their highest degrees of new cases because the start of the pandemic.
The administration of President Donald Trump, who has downplayed risks of the virus and instead centered on reviving the economy as he faces a tough re-election battle in November, insists you will have no shutdown of the economy if another full-blown wave of the epidemic arises.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell meanwhile warned that the united states economy is unlikely to recover as long as "significant uncertainty" remains over the course of the pandemic.
Trump has come under scrutiny for the next campaign rally found in Tulsa, Oklahoma -- his first since March when the pandemic halted mass gatherings. It really is so far planned for an inside arena that holds about 20,000 people.
The United States also agreed to keep its borders with Mexico and Canada closed until July 21, officials said Tuesday, extending travel restrictions for a third time due to the pandemic.
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