WASHINGTON-(MaraviPost)-US among highest in per capita deaths globally as Florida reports record increase in COVID-19 deaths for second day.
US deaths from the novel coronavirus surpassed 150,000, a number higher than in any other country and nearly a quarter of the world’s total.
Mainland China has reported 101 new cases of the novel coronavirus – the highest in more than three and a half months. Of the new cases, 89 are in the far western region of Xinjiang.
Nearly 16.7 million people around the world have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus. Some 9.7 million patients have recovered, and more than 659,000 have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
On Wednesday, July 29, 2020 US congressional Republicans and Democrats, struggled to reach a deal for new economic aid to those hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, were sliding toward letting a US$600-per-week unemployment benefit lapse, at least temporarily, when it expires.
High-ranking Trump administration officials were meeting privately with Democrats on Wednesday to see whether they can bridge vast differences over the enhanced unemployment jobless benefit that began in late March. Many other issues remained, including what to do about a moratorium on housing evictions that expired last Friday.
Senator John Thune, the No. 2 Senate Republican, said lawmakers might have a better idea by the end of this week on whether there is even a chance for a deal so “that we could actually get to a package by the end of next week.”
On Wednesday, evening, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 4,339,997 cases of the novel coronavirus, an increase of 59,862 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 1,194 to 148,866.
The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus, as of 4 p.m. ET on July 28 versus its previous report a day earlier.
The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES