Update: Coronavirus killed more Americans than Vietnam

The U.S. coronavirus death toll topped 60,000 on Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University. COVID-19 has already claimed more American lives than the Vietnam War. But despite the mounting toll, more state and city leaders plan to ease restrictions aimed at curbing the virus’ spread. 

Scientists warn that dropping the measures too soon could bring new waves of COVID-19, which will only be defeated when an effective vaccine is developed and made widely available. Work on several experimental vaccines is racing forward at a pace never seen before, bringing hope that the world could have a real weapon against the new virus as soon as this fall. 

atest major developments:

• Trump says federal social distancing guidelines will expire Thursday.
  
• Fauci shares “positive” remdesivir treatment trial results.
  
• Out of work thanks to COVID-19, many Americans facing eviction.
• Study shows men fare much worse with COVID-19 than women.
• Trump invokes Defense Production Act to keep meat processing plants open. 
• Oxford scientists hopeful vaccine could be widely available by September. 

Detailed information from the CDC on coronavirus treatment and prevention.

Britain to test 100,000 people to evaluate COVID-19 spread

Britain’s health ministry announced plans to test a randomly chosen group of 100,000 people to evaluate how the coronavirus is spreading throughout its population, Reuters reported. 

Next week, the government will also review the nationwide lockdown announced March 23, Reuters added. So far, more than 26,000 people have died of the virus in the country, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Controversial smartphone app tracks people who have been exposed to coronavirus

A new poll by the University of Maryland and Washington Post reveals that most Americans will not use smartphone apps to trace who has been exposed to COVID-19. These types of apps are up and running in Israel — but they have caused huge controversy.

More than 80% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Georgia last month were black, CDC study finds

A CDC study released Wednesday found that over 80% of the COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Georgia last month were black. It’s the latest analysis showing that communities of color are being hit disproportionately hard by the coronavirus.

The study comes just days after Georgia Governor Brian Kemp started reopening some of the state’s businesses — a move condemned as premature and dangerous by local black leaders as well as public health officials and even President Trump. 

The study from the CDC, which is headquartered in Atlanta, surveyed eight hospitals in the state — seven in the Atlanta metro area and one southern Georgia. In the sample of 305 COVID-19 patients who were hospitalized in March, 247 — or 83.2% — were black. By comparison, 32 patients (10.8%) were white, 10 (3.4%) were Hispanic and eight (2.7%) were Asian or Pacific Islander.

“The proportion of hospitalized patients who were black was higher than expected based on overall hospital admissions,” the study says.

The analysis found that black patients were not significantly more likely to require a ventilator or to die during their hospitalization. They also were not significantly more likely to have diabetes or cardiovascular disease, though data from other studies have shown black Americans in general are more likely to have those ailments, which may put them at higher risk of severe complications from COVID-19.

The study stressed the importance of considering racial groups hit harder by COVID-19 in the response to the crisis.

“It is critical that public health officials ensure that prevention activities prioritize communities and racial groups most affected by COVID-19,” the study says.

Overall, African Americans make up more than 36% of confirmed coronavirus cases in Georgia, according to the state’s health department, slightly higher than their 32% share of the state population. And Georgia is hardly alone in seeing its black residents suffer the highest toll. 

In Maryland, black people are 31% of the population but nearly 45% of probable coronavirus deaths. In Louisiana, they are 33% of the population and 56% of deaths. Major cities including New York, Chicago, Detroit and Washington D.C. have also reported racial disparities in cases. 

Georgia is one of the first states to start easing stay-at-home restrictions during the pandemic, with some businesses including gyms, hair salons and bowling alleys opening last Friday. Movie theaters and restaurants with dine-in service reopened this week.

The state’s death toll from the virus crossed 1,000 on Tuesday. As of Wednesday evening, Georgia has reported at least 25,623 confirmed cases and 1,096 deaths. 

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told CBSN last week that she feared the governor’s rush to reopen would prove to be “deadly” for many people in her community.

“What I’ve said is, I hope the governor is right and I’m wrong,” she said. “Because if he’s wrong, more people will die.”

CBS News

Here is the latest Coronavirus update :

Reported Cases and Deaths by Country, Territory, or Conveyance

The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 210 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances. The day is reset after midnight GMT+0. The list of countries and territories and their continental regional classification is based on the United Nations Geoscheme. Sources are provided under “Latest Updates”. Learn more about Worldometer’s COVID-19 data

Country, Other	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Total Recovered	Active Cases	Serious, Critical	Tot Cases/ 1M pop	Deaths/ 1M pop	Total Tests	Tests/ 1M pop
World	3,219,424	+1,240	228,197	+167	1,000,293	1,990,934	59,811	413	29.3
USA	1,064,194		61,656		147,411	855,127	18,671	3,215	186	6,139,911	18,549
Spain	236,899		24,275		132,929	79,695	7,764	5,067	519	1,414,477	30,253
Italy	203,591		27,682		71,252	104,657	1,795	3,367	458	1,910,761	31,603
France	166,420		24,087		48,228	94,105	4,207	2,550	369	463,662	7,103
UK	165,221		26,097		N/A	138,780	1,559	2,434	384	818,539	12,058
Germany	161,539		6,467		120,400	34,672	2,415	1,928	77	2,547,052	30,400
Turkey	117,589		3,081		44,040	70,468	1,574	1,394	37	991,613	11,757
Russia	99,399		972		10,286	88,141	2,300	681	7	3,303,717	22,638
Iran	93,657		5,957		73,791	13,909	2,965	1,115	71	453,386	5,398
China	82,862	+4	4,633		77,610	619	41	58	3
Brazil	79,361		5,511		34,132	39,718	8,318	373	26	339,552	1,597
Canada	51,597		2,996		20,327	28,274	557	1,367	79	754,800	19,999
Belgium	47,859		7,501		11,283	29,075	797	4,129	647	226,724	19,563
Netherlands	38,802		4,711		N/A	33,841	804	2,265	275	213,372	12,453
Peru	33,931		943		10,037	22,951	623	1,029	29	296,262	8,985
India	33,062		1,079		8,437	23,546		24	0.8	770,764	559
Switzerland	29,407		1,716		22,600	5,091	185	3,398	198	260,500	30,100
Ecuador	24,675		883		1,557	22,235	146	1,399	50	61,529	3,487
Portugal	24,505		973		1,470	22,062	169	2,403	95	379,551	37,223
Saudi Arabia	21,402		157		2,953	18,292	125	615	5	200,000	5,745
Sweden	20,302		2,462		1,005	16,835	479	2,010	244	119,500	11,833
Ireland	20,253		1,190		13,386	5,677	129	4,102	241	153,954	31,179
Mexico	17,799	+1,047	1,732	+163	11,423	4,644	378	138	13	77,005	597
Israel	15,834		215		8,233	7,386	115	1,829	25	364,467	42,108
Singapore	15,641		14		1,188	14,439	22	2,674	2	143,919	24,600
Pakistan	15,525		343		3,425	11,757	111	70	2	165,911	751
Austria	15,402		580		12,779	2,043	131	1,710	64	247,754	27,509
Chile	14,885		216		8,057	6,612	377	779	11	172,619	9,030
Japan	13,895		413		2,368	11,114	306	110	3	164,255	1,299
Belarus	13,181		84		2,072	11,025	92	1,395	9	168,986	17,883
Poland	12,640		624		3,025	8,991	160	334	16	324,527	8,575
Qatar	12,564		10		1,243	11,311	72	4,361	3	91,415	31,730
Romania	11,978		693		3,569	7,716	247	623	36	166,993	8,681
UAE	11,929		98		2,329	9,502	1	1,206	10	1,122,000	113,443
S. Korea	10,765	+4	247	+1	9,059	1,459	55	210	5	619,881	12,091
Ukraine	9,866		250		1,103	8,513	129	226	6	104,544	2,390
Indonesia	9,771		784		1,391	7,596		36	3	86,985	318
Denmark	9,008		443		6,366	2,199	66	1,555	76	180,062	31,087
Serbia	8,724		173		1,292	7,259	78	998	20	78,942	9,035
Philippines	8,212		558		1,023	6,631	31	75	5	98,941	903
Norway	7,710		207		32	7,471	40	1,422	38	169,124	31,197
Czechia	7,579		227		3,108	4,244	71	708	21	234,985	21,943
Bangladesh	7,103		163		150	6,790	1	43	1.0	59,701	363
Australia	6,746		90	+1	5,685	971	38	265	4	551,000	21,608
Dominican Republic	6,652		293		1,228	5,131	144	613	27	25,368	2,339
Panama	6,378	+178	178	+2	527	5,673	92	1,478	41	29,837	6,915
Colombia	6,207		278		1,411	4,518	118	122	5	95,085	1,869
Malaysia	5,945		100		4,087	1,758	40	184	3	160,296	4,953
South Africa	5,350		103		2,073	3,174	36	90	2	197,127	3,324
Egypt	5,268		380		1,335	3,553		51	4	90,000	879
Finland	4,906		206		2,800	1,900	51	885	37	89,800	16,207
Morocco	4,321		168		928	3,225	1	117	5	32,930	892
Argentina	4,285		214		1,192	2,879	144	95	5	56,058	1,240
Algeria	3,848		444		1,702	1,702	22	88	10	6,500	148
Moldova	3,771		111		1,114	2,546	212	935	28	11,763	2,916
Luxembourg	3,769		89		3,134	546	21	6,021	142	41,758	66,708
Kuwait	3,740		24		1,389	2,327	66	876	6	179,000	41,915
Kazakhstan	3,138		25		819	2,294	41	167	1	232,415	12,378
Thailand	2,947		54		2,665	228	61	42	0.8	178,083	2,551
Bahrain	2,921		8		1,455	1,458	1	1,717	5	126,905	74,581
Hungary	2,727		300		536	1,891	50	282	31	70,300	7,277
Greece	2,576		139		577	1,860	41	247	13	72,130	6,920
Oman	2,274		10		364	1,900	3	445	2
Croatia	2,062		67		1,288	707	19	502	16	34,476	8,398
Iraq	2,003		92		1,346	565		50	2	86,708	2,156
Uzbekistan	2,002		9		1,096	897	8	60	0.3	242,536	7,247
Afghanistan	1,939		60		252	1,627	7	50	2	9,000	231
Armenia	1,932		30		900	1,002	10	652	10	20,189	6,813
Cameroon	1,832		61		934	837	12	69	2
Iceland	1,797		10		1,656	131		5,266	29	47,573	139,411
Azerbaijan	1,766		23		1,267	476	18	174	2	137,379	13,549
Nigeria	1,728		51		307	1,370	2	8	0.2	12,828	62
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,677		65		710	902	4	511	20	29,130	8,879
Ghana	1,671		16		188	1,467	4	54	0.5	100,622	3,238
Estonia	1,666		50		236	1,380	10	1,256	38	51,188	38,588
New Zealand	1,476	+2	19		1,241	216	1	306	4	134,570	27,906
Cuba	1,467		58		617	792	14	130	5	45,344	4,003
Bulgaria	1,447		64		243	1,140	38	208	9	45,208	6,506
North Macedonia	1,442		73		627	742	13	692	35	16,050	7,704
Slovenia	1,418		89		230	1,099	25	682	43	51,607	24,824
Slovakia	1,391		22		484	885	8	255	4	81,338	14,898
Lithuania	1,375		45		563	767	17	505	17	118,201	43,420
Guinea	1,351		7		313	1,031		103	0.5
Ivory Coast	1,238		14		557	667		47	0.5
Djibouti	1,077		2		599	476		1,090	2	12,985	13,143
Bolivia	1,053		55		110	888	3	90	5	5,791	496
Hong Kong	1,038		4		830	204	4	138	0.5	145,640	19,426
Tunisia	980		40		294	646	20	83	3	22,062	1,867
Senegal	882		9		315	558	1	53	0.5	466	28
Latvia	849		15		348	486	4	450	8	54,811	29,059
Cyprus	843		15		148	680	15	698	12	53,219	44,079
Albania	766		30		455	281	4	266	10	8,028	2,790
Andorra	743		42		423	278	17	9,616	544	1,673	21,653
Honduras	738		66		73	599	10	75	7	3,643	368
Kyrgyzstan	729		8		437	284	10	112	1	50,775	7,783
Lebanon	721		24		150	547	44	106	4	32,446	4,754
Niger	713		32		435	246		29	1	5,148	213
Costa Rica	713		6		323	384	8	140	1	13,117	2,575
Diamond Princess	712		13		645	54	4
Sri Lanka	649		7		136	506	2	30	0.3	17,715	827
Burkina Faso	641		43		498	100		31	2
Uruguay	630	+5	15		412	203	11	181	4	19,016	5,474
Somalia	582		28		20	534	2	37	2
San Marino	563		41		69	453	6	16,592	1,208	2,235	65,869
Guatemala	557		16		62	479	5	31	0.9	7,200	402
Channel Islands	537		38		386	113		3,089	219	5,342	30,725
Georgia	517		6		178	333	6	130	2	12,593	3,157
DRC	491		30		59	402		5	0.3
Mali	482		25		129	328		24	1	2,172	107
Tanzania	480		16		167	297	7	8	0.3
Malta	463		4		339	120	1	1,049	9	31,736	71,875
Mayotte	460		4		235	221	4	1,686	15	2,700	9,897
Jordan	451		8		356	87	5	44	0.8	63,737	6,247
Taiwan	429		6		311	112		18	0.3	62,368	2,619
Réunion	420				300	120	2	469
Jamaica	396		7		29	360	3	134	2	3,993	1,348
Kenya	384		15		129	240	2	7	0.3	17,992	335
El Salvador	377		9		106	262	3	58	1	22,593	3,483
Sudan	375		28		32	315		9	0.6
Palestine	344		2		71	271		67	0.4	27,000	5,293
Mauritius	332		10		306	16	3	261	8	14,445	11,358
Venezuela	331		10		142	179	2	12	0.4	458,737	16,132
Montenegro	322		7		203	112	2	513	11	6,864	10,929
Equatorial Guinea	315		1		9	305		225	0.7	854	609
Isle of Man	313		21		258	34	21	3,681	247	3,049	35,857
Maldives	278		1		17	260	2	514	2	5,296	9,798
Gabon	276		3		67	206	1	124	1	724	325
Vietnam	270				222	48	8	3		212,965	2,188
Paraguay	239		9		102	128	1	34	1	8,891	1,247
Rwanda	225				98	127		17		8,464	653
Congo	207		8		19	180		38	1
Guinea-Bissau	205		1		19	185		104	0.5	1,500	762
Faeroe Islands	187				181	6		3,827		6,851	140,208
Martinique	175		14		83	78	5	466	37
Myanmar	150		6		27	117		3	0.1	7,718	142
Guadeloupe	149		12		82	55	11	372	30
Liberia	141		16		45	80		28	3
Gibraltar	141				131	10		4,185		2,198	65,240
Brunei	138		1		124	13	2	315	2	13,428	30,694
Ethiopia	130		3		58	69		1	0.03	16,434	143
Madagascar	128				90	38	1	5		3,107	112
French Guiana	125		1		93	31		419	3
Cambodia	122				119	3	1	7		11,905	712
Trinidad and Tobago	116		8		71	37		83	6	1,642	1,173
Cabo Verde	114		1		2	111		205	2	791	1,423
Bermuda	111		6		48	57	10	1,782	96	2,197	35,277
Togo	109		7		64	38		13	0.8	6,675	806
Sierra Leone	104		4		12	88		13	0.5
Aruba	100		2		73	25	4	937	19	1,649	15,445
Zambia	97		3		54	40	1	5	0.2	5,284	287
Monaco	95		4		58	33	1	2,421	102
Eswatini	91		1		10	80		78	0.9	714	615
Liechtenstein	82		1		55	26		2,151	26	900	23,605
Uganda	81				52	29		2		29,279	640
Bahamas	80		11		23	46	1	203	28
Barbados	80		7		39	34	4	278	24	2,005	6,977
Haiti	76		6		8	62		7	0.5	776	68
Mozambique	76				12	64		2		1,896	61
Sint Maarten	75		13		33	29	7	1,749	303	302	7,044
Guyana	74		8		15	51	5	94	10	464	590
Cayman Islands	73		1		10	62	3	1,111	15	1,535	23,356
Benin	64		1		33	30		5	0.08
Libya	61		2		18	41		9	0.3	1,623	236
French Polynesia	58				50	8	1	206		2,409	8,576
Nepal	57				16	41		2		57,189	1,963
Chad	52		2		19	31		3	0.1
CAR	50				10	40		10
Macao	45				34	11	1	69
Syria	43		3		21	19		2	0.2
Eritrea	39				19	20		11
Saint Martin	38		3		24	11	3	983	78
Mongolia	38				10	28		12		7,292	2,224
Malawi	36		3		7	26	1	2	0.2	744	39
South Sudan	34					34		3
Zimbabwe	32		4		5	23		2	0.3	6,834	460
Angola	27		2		7	18		0.8	0.06
Antigua and Barbuda	24		3		11	10	1	245	31	113	1,154
Timor-Leste	24				6	18		18		322	244
Botswana	23		1		5	17		10	0.4	6,016	2,558
Grenada	20				13	7	4	178		1,406	12,495
Laos	19				7	12		3		1,917	263
Belize	18		2		9	7	1	45	5	995	2,502
Fiji	18				12	6		20		1,007	1,123
New Caledonia	18				17	1	1	63		4,456	15,608
Saint Lucia	17				15	2		93		446	2,429
Curaçao	16		1		13	2		98	6	343	2,090
Dominica	16				13	3		222		383	5,320
Namibia	16				8	8		6		704	277
St. Vincent Grenadines	16				8	8		144		108	973
Saint Kitts and Nevis	15				4	11		282		293	5,508
Nicaragua	13		3		7	3		2	0.5
Falkland Islands	13				11	2		3,736		353	101,437
Turks and Caicos	12		1		5	6		310	26	83	2,144
Burundi	11		1		4	6		0.9	0.08	284	24
Montserrat	11		1		2	8	1	2,204	200	36	7,212
Greenland	11				11	0		194		1,200	21,138
Seychelles	11				6	5		112
Gambia	10		1		8	1		4	0.4	401	166
Suriname	10		1		8	1		17	2	404	689
Vatican City	10				2	8		12,484
MS Zaandam	9		2			7
Mauritania	8		1		6	1		2	0.2	1,032	222
Papua New Guinea	8					8		0.9		604	68
Sao Tome and Principe	8				4	4		37		19	87
Bhutan	7				5	2		9		9,865	12,785
British Virgin Islands	6		1		3	2		198	33
St. Barth	6				6	0		607
Western Sahara	6				5	1		10
Yemen	6				1	5		0.2		120	4
Caribbean Netherlands	5					5		191		110	4,195
Anguilla	3				3	0		200
Saint Pierre Miquelon	1					1		173
Total:	3,219,424	+1,240	228,197	+167	1,000,293	1,990,934	59,811	413.0	29.3