Social distancing is not only about preventing the illness itself, but rather, slowing the rate at which people get sick. On April 8, the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus across the world surpassed 1.5 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.In the United States, there were more than 423,000 confirmed cases, 14,000 deaths and 23,000 recoveries from the virus, according to the Johns Hopkins data.
The U.S. has more confirmed cases than any other country.RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updatesNew York City remains the epicenter of the current U.S.