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US deaths pass 3,000 as World Bank warns Covid-19 will drive east Asia into poverty
China reports week without new cases in Wuhan as US death toll continues to climb
The United States has recorded its deadliest day in the coronavirus pandemic, with another 540 deaths taking its fatalities past 3,000, as the World Bank warned that economic fallout could drive large parts of East Asia into poverty.
In a symbolic moment in the fight against the pandemic, the US navy hospital ship Comfort sailed down the Hudson into Manhattan on Monday, to the relief of cheering onlookers on New York and New Jersey’s river banks. The converted oil tanker passed the Statue of Liberty, accompanied by support ships and helicopters, with giant red crosses painted on its white hull.