Italy now has the most coronavirus-related deaths of any country in the world, overtaking China, where the global outbreak started. A total of 3,405 people have died in Italy, and 3,130 in China, according to Johns Hopkins University.
In the United States, officials are racing to respond to the crisis and the economic impact on Americans. Schools have shut their doors and businesses have closed. More than 150 people in the country have died, and by Thursday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases topped 10,000.
Evidence continues to mount that drastic control measures can rein in the virus. China’s Hubei province, where the novel coronavirus emerged late last year, has claimed its first day without a single new domestic infection.
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