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COVID-19 UPDATE: 82,400 Cases in U.S. Surpasses China With Most Positive Cases Worldwide

By  //  March 27, 2020

3.3 million Americans have filed for unemployment

The U.S. has more confirmed cases of the coronavirus than any country in the world, surpassing China, where the pandemic began. There are now more than 82,400 cases in America, with more than 1,170 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.

(CBSNews.com) – The U.S. has more confirmed cases of the coronavirus than any country in the world, surpassing China, where the pandemic began. There are now more than 82,400 cases in America, with more than 1,170 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Meanwhile, nearly 3.3 million Americans filed for unemployment last week as the virus shuttered businesses and halted normal life across large swaths of the country. The unprecedented number of Americans filed a claim for jobless aid – a nearly fivefold increase over the previous weekly record set in 1982.

Early Thursday, the Senate passed an unprecedented $2 trillion relief package to help workers, businesses and the severely strained health care system survive the pandemic.

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