World coronavirus dispatch: UK PM tests positive and US overtakes China

Boris Johnson is now in quarantine and the demand for ventilators shoots up

With more 85,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19), the US has now overtaken China. More than 1,200 people have died in the country, with 385 alone in New York, one of the most important cities in the world. All this while the US government readies a $2-trillion economic stabilisation plan.
 

But first, let’s look at the global statistics:
 

Total Confirmed Cases: 566,269

Total Deaths: 24,423

Total Recovered: 127,768

Nations with the most numbers of cases: US (92,932), China (81,897), Italy (80,589), Spain (64,059) and Germany (49,344)
 

Source: Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Research Center 

1.  The US Congress is set to sign offon an economic