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Stuart G

(38,420 posts)
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:18 PM Mar 2020

Wall Street Journal says 458,000 cases of virus in world..

Wall Street Journal...article says 60,000 cases in U.S, 458,000 in world., (see headline) at this link:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-lockdown-begins-in-india-as-global-cases-pass-420-000-11585133981

direct quote:

"The number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the U.S. surpassed 60,000, led by a continued surge of infections in New York, as lawmakers worked to soften the economic consequences of the pandemic that has shut down wide swaths of the country.

World-wide there were more than 458,000 cases Wednesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. More than 20,800 people have died, and in a grim milestone, Spain on Wednesday surpassed China's death toll from the virus. Infections in Italy rose to 74,386, closing..."

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Wall Street Journal says 458,000 cases of virus in world.. (Original Post) Stuart G Mar 2020 OP
Wow, doesn't China have more elderly than Spain! dhol82 Mar 2020 #1

dhol82

(9,353 posts)
1. Wow, doesn't China have more elderly than Spain!
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:23 PM
Mar 2020

That’s nuts. Consider the population difference between the two.

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