Coronavirus hits all 50 US states as death toll rises

  18 March 2020    Read: 786
Coronavirus hits all 50 US states as death toll rises

The deadly coronavirus has now hit all 50 states in the US as West Virginia reported its first case of the infection on Tuesday, AzVision.az reports citing BBC News. 

Announcing its first Covid-19 patient, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice said: "We knew this was coming."

New York City said it is considering a lockdown similar to one in the San Francisco Bay area.

There have so far been 108 deaths in the US from coronavirus and more than 6,300 confirmed cases nationwide.

Globally, there are about 200,000 cases and nearly 8,000 people have died.

As the Trump administration seeks a $1tn economic stimulus package, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reportedly warned Republican senators privately on Tuesday evening that if Congress fails to act, US unemployment could hit 20% - almost double the jobless rate during the Great Recession.


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