U.S. surpasses China as country with most coronavirus cases

WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday overtook China to become the country with the largest number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers.With the number of cases worldwide topping 500,000, the United States now has more than 82,000 confirmed infections. China and Italy followed, with more than 80,000 cases each.U.S. President Donald Trump attributed the surge in the number to the country's increased virus-testing capacity, while throwing doubt on the accuracy of the figures reported from China."You don't know what the numbers are …READ FULL ARTICLE