The United States on Thursday became the global epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic with the highest number of infections, according to data released by different institutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Figures compiled by the John Hopkins University indicate that the U.S. was topping the chart with 85,505 confirmed cases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was followed by China, where the virus broke out in December, with 81,782 cases and Italy, the hardest-hit country in Europe, with 80,589 infectious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reuters news agency posted slightly different figures that also place the U.S. on top with 82,153 infections; China, 81,285, and Italy, 80,539. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U.S. also led in the data released by worldometers.info with 82,547 cases; China, 81,285, and Italy third with 80,589 cases. On fatalities, Italy was the worst-hit with 8,215 deaths, according to John Hopkins and worldometers.info, followed by Spain with 4,365, and China, 3,292. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of Thursday, the U.S. had 1,295 fatalities, the worldometers.info data indicated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reacting to his country\u2019s new status as the epicentre, President Donald Trump said the latest figures were proof of improved testing in the U.S. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think it is a tribute to our testing; you don\u2019t know what the numbers are in China, you just don\u2019t know. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are testing tremendous numbers of people, far ahead of any country in the world,\u201d he said in response to a question seeking his comment on the data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state of New York is the largest contributor to the U.S. tally with no fewer than 21,873 confirmed cases as of Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Briefing newsmen, the state governor, Andrew Cuomo, said the number of deaths rose by 100 from 285 to 385 in 24 hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cuomo stated that the major challenge facing the state was the increasing fatality figure, in addition to patients spending longer time on ventilators (between 20 and 30 days). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To manage the shortage of ventilators, the governor said a technology had been approved that enables two patients to share one ventilator in a procedure called \u201csplitting\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Update by John Hopkins on the global scene showed that there were 526,044 and 23,709 deaths in 175 countries of Thursday afternoon. (NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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