United States COVID-19 Infections hit 4 Million

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As coronavirus infections in the U.S. surged past 4 million, hundreds of thousands more American workers sought unemployment aid, as Congress debates another rescue package.

Johns Hopkins University reported more than 4,034,057 confirmed U.S. COVID-19 cases Thursday – more than one-quarter of the 15.3 million cases worldwide. The U.S. also remains the world leader in COVID-19 deaths with nearly 144,223, far more than the 84,082 deaths in second-ranked Brazil, which has 2,287,475 cases.

As the surge in new coronavirus infections forced many businesses to close or cut back, there was also a sharp spike in the number of U.S. workers who applied for jobless benefits last week. The U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday that some 1.4 million workers adversely affected by a variety of lockdown measures filed for unemployment benefits, ending 15 consecutive weeks of declines in new filings.