In Case You Haven't Heard…

Abstract

A World Health Organization (WHO) official says the United States has the potential to become the new epicenter of the COVID‐19 crisis as a large acceleration of infections is occurring in the nation, Changing America reported March 24. “We are now seeing a very large acceleration in cases in the U.S. So, it does have that potential,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told reporters when asked whether the United States could become the new epicenter, according to Reuters. At the time this issue of MHW went to press, the United States had more than 46,500 confirmed cases, with nearly 600 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. New York state on March 23 saw an increase of more than 4,000 confirmed cases since the day before, according to The New York Times. At press time, only China and Italy had recorded more cases than the United States. China had tallied more than 81,000 cases, with more than 3,200 deaths, while Italy had more than 63,900 confirmed cases, with more than 6,000 deaths. Worldwide, more than 395,000 cases have been confirmed, with more than 17,000 deaths.