US virus hotspots grow, Spain toll spikes

By Kat Stafford and Martha Irvine
Updated March 29 2020 - 7:23am, first published 7:22am
The US leads the world in reported coronavirus cases while Italy has recorded the most deaths.
The US leads the world in reported coronavirus cases while Italy has recorded the most deaths.

Global coronavirus infections were approaching the 650,000 mark as the United States led the world with confirmed cases - with cities such as Detroit, Chicago and New Orleans emerging as hotspots - and Russia prepared to fully close its borders. The world death toll stood at more than 30,000 as new cases also stacked up quickly in Europe on Saturday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The US leads the world in reported cases with more than 115,000 but five countries exceed its roughly 1,700 deaths: Italy, Spain, China, Iran and France.

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