{"id":22032,"date":"2020-03-27T07:37:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T02:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/coronavirus-us-tops-world-in-covid-19-cases-overtaking-china-and-italy\/"},"modified":"2020-03-27T07:37:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T02:07:15","slug":"coronavirus-us-tops-world-in-covid-19-cases-overtaking-china-and-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=22032","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus | US tops world in COVID-19 cases, overtaking China and Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At least 1,178 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S., according to Johns Hopkins University.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hindu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States on Thursday took the grim title of the country with the most coronavirus infections and reported a record surge in unemployment as world leaders vowed $5 trillion to stave off global economic collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 5,00,000 people around the world have now contracted the new coronavirus, overwhelming healthcare systems even in wealthy nations and triggering an avalanche of government-ordered lockdowns that have disrupted life for billions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the United States, more than 82,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19, edging out Italy, which has reported the most deaths, and China, where the virus was first detected in December in the metropolis of Wuhan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With fears mounting of a global recession if not depression, leaders from the Group of 20 major economies held crisis talks by video link Thursday, pledging a \u201cunited front\u201d to fight the outbreak \u2014 along with an enormous financial injection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe virus respects no borders,\u201d the leaders said in a statement. \u201cWe are injecting over $5 trillion into the global economy, as part of targeted fiscal policy, economic measures, and guarantee schemes to counteract the social, economic and financial impacts of the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also pledged \u201crobust\u201d support for developing nations, where coronavirus could next take hold after ravaging China and then Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the unity pledged by the G20 has been in short supply with China and the United States trading barbs over their handling of the coronavirus crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Italy as well as Spain, which has the second-highest death toll, objected to a draft economic plan by the European Union which they saw as too weak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte wants a \u201cstrong and sufficient\u201d financial response that deploys \u201cinnovative financial instruments truly adapted to a war,\u201d his office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(This story has not been edited by Kashmir Today staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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