US cases surge past 1,
At least people have died and 1, 47 People have been infected, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University – nearly double the 823 total confirmed cases the day before. The rise is linked to an expansion in testing. Epidemiologists have said faulty test kits coupled with a diagnostic strategy that initially targeted too few people allowed the disease to spread.
Mike Pence, the US vice-president, defended the government response at a White House briefing and said that “a million tests are in the field”. He said that more would be added as the government partnered with private companies.
Just over 8, 500 tests had been Performed as of Monday, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). South Korea announced its first case on the same day as the United States but has tested more than 500, 03 people in the same period, Business Insider reported.
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