(Dan Tri) – Just one day after the US surpassed China and Italy to become the country with the most people infected with Covid-19, the number of cases in this country continued to skyrocket and exceeded 100,000.
Hospitals in the US are overloaded due to the rapid increase in the number of people infected with Covid-19.
Exceeding 100,000 people infected with Covid-19
According to statistics on the Worldometer website, on March 27, the US recorded nearly 16,000 additional cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of infected people here to 101,321 cases.
Also on March 27, the US had 272 more deaths from Covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths from Covid-19 in the US to 1,567.
The US is currently the country with the most Covid-19 cases in the world, followed by Italy with 86,498 cases and China with 81,340 cases.
While New York continues to be the state with the strongest outbreak in the US, the situation in many other localities is also starting to get worse with the number of infections skyrocketing in cities such as New Orleans, Chicago and Detroit.
New York currently has more than 44,000 people infected with Covid-19, of which more than 6,000 people are hospitalized.
The Covid-19 epidemic started in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019, and has now spread to about 200 countries and territories around the world.
Passed a relief package of more than 2,000 billion USD, activating wartime laws
US President Donald Trump (Photo: Reuters)
US President Donald Trump on March 27 officially signed a $2.2 trillion relief package after the bill was passed in both chambers.
Specifically, 500 billion USD will be spent to support the most affected economic sectors, 290 billion USD to support households with cash of up to 3,000 USD/household.
Speaking at a press conference at the White House, President Trump outlined his top priorities in the campaign to deal with Covid-19.
The head of the White House said he has activated the Defense Production Act (DPA) to require automobile manufacturer General Motors to produce ventilators, one of the equipment that is seriously lacking in US hospitals.
In addition, he said he will study consultations from the Covid-19 response steering committee to issue new instructions next week in the context of his plan to partially reopen the national economy.
Minh PhuongAccording to Reuters, AFP, SCMP
