United States with more than five million cases since the start of the pandemic

2020-08-10

The United States has recorded five million covid-19 cases on Sunday since the epidemic began, according to an independent count from John Hopkins University.

The world’s first economic power is by far the most affected worldwide by the disease caused by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), with more than 162 thousand deaths.

Just over two weeks ago, the number of confirmed cases in the country had already reached four million.

To help millions of Americans in unemployment due to the pandemic and the containment measures imposed to control the disease, President Donald Trump announced on Saturday a new plan to aid the country’s economy. Trump enacted the document by decree, for lack of agreement in the US Congress