U.S. stock futures were pointing to a strong rebound Wednesday on Wall Street as moderate Democrat Joe Biden scored major Super Tuesday wins.
The World Health Organization said theis 3.4% globally, higher than previous estimates of about 2%. By comparison, the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak killed nearly 1 in 10 infected people. The common flu in the U.S. has a mortality rate of 0.1%.
More than 93,000 coronavirus cases have been confirmed worldwide, including 3,198 deaths, though the vast majority of infections and deaths are still in China, where the virus originated in late December. Italy now has the most cases of coronavirus outside Asia, with over 2,500 cases and 79 deaths, South Korea has the most cases outside China, with 5,328 infections and 32.Amazon Brazil offices in Seattle, WA.
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