Coronavirus Cases Surpass 60,000 in U.S.; Spain Death Toll Overtakes China

The quantity of confirmed situations of the new coronavirus in the U.S. surpassed sixty,000, led by a ongoing surge of bacterial infections in New York, as lawmakers labored to soften the economic effects of the pandemic that has shut down extensive swaths of the country.

Globe-extensive there had been additional than 458,000 situations Wednesday, according to facts from Johns Hopkins College. Much more than 20,800 persons have died, and in a grim milestone, Spain on Wednesday surpassed China’s demise toll from the virus. Bacterial infections in Italy rose to seventy four,386, closing…