The cash influx comes a day after the U.S. saw the highest number of deaths during the coronavirus crisis, more than 2,200, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The previous highest daily death toll was 2,108, on Friday, but the daily total had declined steadily the last three days. It was not immediately clear what impact new counting methods adopted by New York City – where health authorities began including people who “probably had COVID-19” but died without being tested – had on Tuesday’s total.
The U.S. death toll was over 26,000 Wednesday morning, according to the Johns Hopkins University data dashboard, but did not appear to included New York City’s new total. The U.S. has more than 600,000 confirmed cases. Worldwide, the number of cases surpassed 2 million with over 128,000 deaths.
