US overtakes China with confirmed cases of coronavirus

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US overtakes China with confirmed cases of coronavirus

By Semi Turaga

Friday 27/03/2020

US President Donald Trump [Photo:BBC]

The US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country with more than 83,500 positive tests.

BBC reports that according to the latest figures collated by Johns Hopkins University, the US has overtaken China (81,782 cases) and Italy (80,589).

But with 1,200 COVID-19-related fatalities, the US death toll lags behind China (3,291) and Italy (8,215).

The grim milestone came as President Donald Trump predicted the nation would get back to work "pretty quickly".

[Source:BBC]

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