WASHINGTON: The deadly coronavirus pandemic claimed lives of more than 16,000 Americans and infected over 4.6 lakhs of them, devastating the US economy and rendering a record 16 million workers jobless in just three weeks.
Of this, the New York metropolitan area, comprising the adjoining New Jersey and Connecticut, alone account for more than 9,000 cases and 220,000 cases. Globally, over 15 lakh people have been infected so far by coronavirus and the fatalities stands at nearly 95,000.
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The United States accounts for nearly 30 percent of the all COVID-19 positive cases and over 17 percent of all fatalities.
By Thursday, nearly all of America — 97 percent of the 220 million population — are under stay-at-home order. President Donald Trump has notified major disaster declaration for almost all 50 States.
In New York City, which is considered financial capital of the world and has one of the best health facilities, more than 800 deaths were reported in one day alone, taking the fatalities to a record 7,067.
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New York Governor Andrew Cumo, however, asserted that COVID-19 now appears to have reached its peak in the city, where the number of new pati