The number of COVID-19 cases in other parts of the world today topped China's total, fueled by surges in Europe—especially in Italy—and Iran, plus outbreaks picking up steam in other nations, including the United States, where New York City today shuttered its schools and the Federal Reserve slashed its interest rate again.Coming just a day after the global total of novel coronavirus cases passed 150,000, the Johns Hopkins online tracker shows 162,687 cases today, with 81,003 reported in China.
As testing capacity slowly ramps up in the United States, about 600 more cases were reported, putting the nation's total at 3,244, according to the Johns Hopkins tracker.