US coronavirus deaths top 40,000

Coronavirus-related deaths in the US topped 40,000 with New York recording nearly half of all fatalities. Governor Andrew Cuomo said the coronavirus curve is “on the descent” after hospitalisations and deaths continue to fall.

Aljazeera re[ports that New York has so far registered almost half of 40,585 fatalities, with more than 742,000 coronavirus infections reported countrywide.

Last week, president Donald Trump was contemplating on when to open the US economy after saying he had all the powers to do so.

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