The United States has recorded 1,783 deaths from the new coronavirus in 24 hours, according to a count Thursday evening from Johns Hopkins University. This daily toll, lower than that of the previous day (+1,973 dead), brings to 16,478 the total number of deaths recorded in the United States, the country most bereaved in the world by the coronavirus pandemic after Italy, which has 143,000 cases confirmed and more than 18,000 deaths.
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Over a quarter of officially reported cases worldwide
For two consecutive days, Tuesday and Wednesday, the country recorded nearly 2,000 deaths in 24 hours, the worst daily reports in the world since the start of the pandemic. The United States alone also has more than a quarter of the officially declared cases in the world, with more than 460,000 cases in total, according to figures from Johns Hopkins, continuously updated.
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The United States reports since the middle of last week more than 1,000 new daily deaths, despite the containment measures which have been gradually implemented, State by State. New York State is by far the main focus of the American epidemic, with more than 7,000 dead. It has posted another record increase in the past 24 hours (+799), but the number of new hospitalizations has never been so low, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday.
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While millions of Americans have lost their jobs since the start of the crisis, the US Central Bank announced $ 2.3 trillion in new "economic support" loans, especially for businesses and communities affected by the coronavirus crisis.