The United States surpassed Italy on Saturday as the country with the highest reported coronavirus death toll, recording more than 20,000 deaths since the outbreak began, according to a Reuters tally. The grim milestone was …
Read moreIn grim milestone, United States logs world’s highest coronavirus death toll
New York welcomed the arrival of a gleaming 1,000-bed U.S. Navy hospital ship on Monday as a beacon of hope for the city’s desperate fight against the coronavirus pandemic, while the national death toll climbed …
Read moreNew York greets hospital ship with cheers; U.S. death toll rises past 3,000
Bracing the nation for a death toll that could exceed 100,000 people, President Donald Trump on Sunday extended restrictive social distancing guidelines through April, bowing to public-health experts who presented him with even more dire …
Read moreTrump extends virus guidelines, braces US for big death toll
The U.S. death toll from coronavirus infections rose to 11 on Wednesday as new cases emerged around New York City and Los Angeles, while Seattle-area health officials discouraged social gatherings amid the nation’s largest outbreak. …
Read moreCalifornia declares emergency over coronavirus as death toll rises in U.S.
The number of confirmed cases of the new virus has risen again in China while fatalities increased to 722 on Saturday, as the ruling Communist Party faced anger and recriminations from the public over the …
Read moreAnger and virus cases grow in China with 722 total deaths
The death toll from a new coronavirus in mainland China jumped by 73 to 563 on Thursday, its third consecutive record daily rise, as experts intensified efforts to find a vaccine for a disease that …
Read moreChina virus toll jumps past 500 as more cases found on cruise ship off Japan
Hong Kong reported its first death from the newly identified coronavirus on Tuesday, the second fatality outside mainland China from an outbreak that has killed over 420 people, spread around the world and raised fears …
Read moreUpdates on the spreading coronavirus; overall toll over 420
China outbreak, Countries on Wednesday began evacuating their citizens from the Chinese city hardest-hit by an outbreak of a new virus that has killed 132 people and infected more than 6,000 on the mainland and …
Read moreDeaths rise to 132 in China outbreak as foreigners leave