Coronavirus Cases Surpass 60,000 in U.S.; Spain Death Toll Overtakes China

The number of verified scenarios of the new coronavirus in the U.S. surpassed 60,000, led by a ongoing surge of infections in New York, as lawmakers worked to soften the financial effects of the pandemic that has shut down huge swaths of the place.

World-huge there were being more than 458,000 scenarios Wednesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Far more than 20,800 individuals have died, and in a grim milestone, Spain on Wednesday surpassed China’s dying toll from the virus. Bacterial infections in Italy rose to 74,386, closing…