COVID-19: US overtakes China with most cases, tops the whole world now

The US now has more confirmed cases of Coronavirus than any other country; ahead of China, with 85,612 positive tests as of the time of filing this report.

But with 1,301 Covid-19-related fatalities, the US death toll is behind China’s 3,292 and Italy’s 8,215.

Data Source: Worldometers.info

When questioned about the latest figures at a White House briefing on Thursday afternoon, President Trump said it was “a tribute to the amount of testing that we’re doing”.

Many have criticized Donald Trump for how he has handled the COVID-19 cases recorded in USA. With most journalists wondering the way forward to all the mortalities, job losses and other problems associated with this COVID-19 pandemic.