The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States passed 500,000 today, and deaths topped 20,000, while on the international front, India's president extended the country's lockdown and health officials urged Belarus to take new steps to curb its growing outbreak.As the pandemic upends Easter celebrations and rituals in other religions, at least six US governors, plus New Zealand's prime minister, have declared the Easter bunny an essential worker.The number of deaths in the United States is now higher than Italy's total.
At the global level, the total reached 1,767,855 cases today from 185 countries, with 108,281 deaths reported, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.US state and federal updatesNew York, still the nation's