NEW YORK, April 24 — The US death toll from the novel coronavirus reached 50,000 on Friday, having doubled in 10 days, according to a Reuters tally. More than 875,000 Americans have contracted the highly contagious respiratory illness Covid-19 caused by the virus, and on average about 2,000 have...
An Orthodox Jewish man is attended to by a healthcare worker while being tested at a drive-thru testing site for the coronavirus disease in the New York City suburb of Spring Valley, New York, April 23, 2020. — Reuters pic
The true number of cases is thought to be higher, with state public health officials cautioning that shortages of trained workers and materials have limited testing capacity. Coronavirus deaths in the United States fall far short of the Spanish flu, which began in 1918 and killed 675,000 Americans, according to the CDC.
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