COVID-19 Update: Outbreak Officially World’s Deadliest As Total Killed Tops 20k in the US

Summary:

• US death toll passes Italy to become No. 1.
• More than 20k US deaths recorded
• Cuomo said New York had recorded 783 deaths over the past 24 hours. 
• While New York’s death toll is still accelerating faster than practically every other state in the country, Cuomo insisted that all of the state’s numbers – new cases, deaths, hospitalizations, ICU admission, etc. – were now “on the downslope.”
• NY reports 783 deaths over the last 24 hours
• The UK reported 5,233 new cases of coronavirus and 917 new deaths, bringing the country’s totals to 78,991 cases and 9,875 deaths, as the national death toll nears 10k 
• Italy reports jump in new cases, deaths
• Belgium case total passes 10k
• Russia’s case total doubles in a week reporting 1,667 new cases of coronavirus and 12 new deaths for a total of 13,584 cases and 106 deaths. 
• Spain extends lockdown but begins planning to reopen economy
• UK Health Secretary “signs that curve is slackening”
• 8 million French workers sign up for Macron’s benefits plan
• SBA says banks have lent nearly $200 billion of $350 billion ‘PPP’ money
• India extends lockdown 2 weeks as cases, deaths accelerate
• Iran says plans to reopen economy soon fearing an all-out collapse