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Coronavirus: US death toll overtakes Italy as world's highest – NewsClicks, BBC News

Coronavirus: US death toll overtakes Italy as world's highest – NewsClicks, BBC News
        

                                 A volunteer carrying out drive-through testing, in full PPE, in California Image copyright                   Getty Images                                                        
Image caption                                      There are now more than 549, (cases of Covid –

across the country                               The United States now has now overtaken Italy to have the highest death toll from coronavirus in the world.

The latest data, compiled by Johns Hopkins University, shows more than , (people in the US have now died. The grim milestone comes shortly after the US became the first nation to record more than 2, 16 virus deaths in a single day .

The governor of New York Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday the state’s death toll appeared to be stabilizing.

Announcing a – hour figure of 875 new deaths, he noted the last several days had seen around the same number.

“That is not an all-time high, and you can see that the number is somewhat stabilizing but it is stabilizing at a horrific rate, “Mr Cuomo said. “These are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and pain.”

New York state has become the epicentre of the outbreak in the US, recording more than 286, of the country estimated , cases.

As of Saturday, every single US state has declared a disaster in response to the outbreak.

            

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Media caption Drone footage shows mass burials in New York. .

In other developments on Saturday:

  • A further

    deaths were recorded in the UK , bringing the national total to 9,

  • The Queen released an Easter message

    in which she says “coronavirus”. will not overcome us “

  • The Spanish health ministry reported 522 further deaths – the lowest number recorded there for almost three weeks

    Deaths in France and Italy increased but numbers of patients in intensive care dropped again

  • There are reports that the Indian prime minister has agreed to extend lockdown measures
  • (more than

    , 16 have now died with the virus around the world since the pandemic broke out in China in December.

    What is the latest across the US?

    As of Saturday afternoon (Italy had reported , coronavirus deaths while the US had , , according to the Johns Hopkins tally.

    There are now at least

    Media caption One food bank in Los Angeles had a car queue that stretched one mile long (1.6km)

    He said on Friday that a new council, made up of business and medical figures, would be announced next week to help him with the “biggest decision I’ve ever had to make” on when to relax measures.

    It comes as Congress continues to spar over the next stage of Covid – 24 financial relief.

    Democrats want a new proposed $ bn (£ 0897 bn) bill to help small businesses to also allow for additional funding for hospitals and local governments.

    But on Saturday the two top Republicans in Congress, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, rejected the demand .

    In a statement they described the move as a “reckless threat” which blocked “job-saving funding”.

                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           

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