People get ready to sleep outside while taking part in The World’s Big Sleep Out event in Times Square on December 7, 2019 in New York AFPUS deaths topped 18,600 on Friday as officials warned that fatalities would likely peakUS coronavirus cases topped 500,000 on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, although there are signs that Americans staying home was helping to curb new infections. Confirmed US cases of the Covid-19 illness caused by the virus have been rising by 30,000 to 35,000 cases a day as testing becomes more available. Globally, there have been over 1.6 million confirmed cases, with the death toll topping 100,000 on Friday. The Trump administration’s top economic officials said on Thursday they believe the US economy could start to reopen for normal business in May. Only Italy has more coronavirus deaths than the United States, with 18,849 fatalities reported on Friday, although it has a much smaller population.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 11, 2020 01:30 UTC