Hello and welcome to bbc news. There are now more confirmed cases of covid 19 in the United States than in any other country. According to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins university, the us now hasjust over 83,000 cases, overtaking both china, and italy. It comes as the total number of confirmed cases around the world has now passed half a million. In terms of lives lost, countries in europe continue to be worst affected the death total in italy is more than 8,200. There was a jump in deaths in spain too. Meanwhile, another 115 people have died in the uk after testing positive for the virus, taking the total to 578. There are now approaching 12,000 confirmed cases. Lets begin our coverage with the total number of cases in the us. Heres our north america correspondent peter bowes. Now, the global epicentre. More positive test for covid i9 than any other country. In some communities, the number of cases is doubling every three days. More than a quarter are in new york city. Whether
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