In the United States, for the first time, more than 100 thousand new cases of coronavirus infection were detected per day. The Washington Post reports.
Over the past day, 104,004 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the country. In total, more than 9.4 million people were infected in the United States. India (8.3 million cases) and Brazil (5.5 million cases) are next in the ranking with the highest number of cases of COVID-19 infection. Russia ranks fourth.
Worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University, there are more than 47.9 million cases.
Earlier, former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and Harvard University economist David Cutler said that the damage to the country from the coronavirus pandemic could be $ 16 trillion. It is estimated that about half of this amount is due to GDP losses as a result of quarantines and the suspension of the work of some sectors of the economy. Also, significant damage was caused due to diseases and high mortality among Americans. For the average family of four, the loss is projected to be nearly $ 200,000.
