U.S. CDC reports 213,144 coronavirus cases, 4,513 deaths
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 213,144 cases of coronavirus, an increase of 27,043 cases from its previous count, and said the number of deaths had risen by 910 to 4,513.
Wisconsin proceeds with U.S. presidential primary despite coronavirus fears
Wisconsin officials plowed ahead on Thursday with plans for a U.S. presidential primary next week despite a shortage of poll workers and a flurry of legal challenges amid widespread worries about the health risks from the coronavirus.
Exclusive: How elite U.S. college students brought COVID-19 home from campus
Like many American colleges, Vanderbilt University in Nashville announced last month it was closing its dormitories and putting classes online because of the growing threat of coronavirus. It said it was acting “out of an abundance of caution” after a …
Uber to start shipping car disinfectants to drivers
Uber Technologies Inc will begin shipping disinfecting car spray to selected drivers in areas most affected by the coronavirus outbreak, an executive said on Thursday.
Coronavirus-infected New York nurse finds hospital transformed as a patient
When the coronavirus struck Sylvia LeRoy, she turned to the hospital she knew best – Brooklyn’s Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center – where she has worked for seven years as a labor and delivery nurse and planned to give birth herself in just …
Why is New Orleans’ coronavirus death rate seven times New York’s? Obesity is a factor
The coronavirus has been a far deadlier threat in New Orleans than the rest of the United States, with a per-capita death rate much higher than in New York City. Doctors, public health officials and available data say the Big Easy’s high levels of obes…
Onshore quarantine of U.S. aircraft carrier sailors begins on Guam
About 1,000 sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt – roughly a fifth of its crew – were under quarantine at a U.S. naval base on Guam on Thursday as the Navy sought to control a coronavirus outbreak aboard the warship.
Guatemalan migrant in U.S. custody positive for coronavirus: foreign ministry
A Guatemalan migrant in U.S. custody has been hospitalized with coronavirus in the United States, the Guatemalan foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
U.S. weekly jobless claims seen at record high: again
The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits likely shot to a record high for a second week in a row as more jurisdictions enforced stay-at-home measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic, which economists say has pushed the economy i…
Trump says China’s coronavirus numbers seem ‘on the light side’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the coronavirus statistics China was reporting seemed “a little bit on the light side,” while his national security adviser said Washington had no way of knowing if Beijing’s figures were accurate.
