On Wednesday, April
1, the number of coronavirus cases in the US surpassed 210,000. The coronavirus
death toll in the US has now grown past 4,700 cases. One of the casualties
recorded on Wednesday was a 6-week-old baby in Connecticut.
The
director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said an estimated
25% of coronavirus carriers in the US have no symptoms. He told
NPR: "Information that we have pretty much confirmed now is that a
significant number of individuals that are infected actually remain
asymptomatic. That may be as many as 25%."
According
to CNN, an estimated 90% of the US population now lives in areas that have
stay-at-home orders.
New
York Governor Andrew Cuomo, at his daily briefing said his state accounted
for more than 83,000 of the total coronavirus cases and 1,941 of the deaths.
New Jersey is the second-hardest hit state, with more than 18,000 cases
and 267 deaths.
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