Concerns rise that easing lockdowns could spur new outbreaks of the coronavirus that has claimed more than 114,000 lives globally
Optimism that coronavirus infection rates may be stabilizing in the U.S.—and even starting to decline elsewhere the world—were tempered over the weekend by rising concerns that moves to ease the lockdowns that have crippled the global economy could spur new outbreaks of the disease, which has claimed more than 114,000 lives world-wide.
In the U.S., confirmed cases of Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, approached 560,000 on Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. hit a peak of 35,100...
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