Fearful of sending her two children back to school as the coronavirus pandemic raged in Mississippi, Angela Atkins decided to give virtual learning a chance this fall.

Top Capitol Hill negotiators sealed a deal Sunday on a $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package, finally delivering long-overdue help to businesses and individuals and providing money to deliver vaccines to a nation eager for them.

Ray Bellia had a good business before the coronavirus pandemic. He topped $4 million in annual sales from his New Hampshire store that specialized in protective gear for police.

Arguments over mask requirements and other restrictions have turned ugly in recent days as the deadly coronavirus surge across the U.S. engulfs small and medium-size cities that once seemed safely removed from the outbreak.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president tweeted early Friday.

Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world with more than 32.9 million confirmed cases globally.

The death toll in the USA from coronavirus surged past 200,500 as the country recorded more than 6.88 million confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday.

Global COVID-19 cases have surpassed 20 million according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University, reports Xinhua.

The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States has reached 4,941,635 as of Saturday morning, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

Former president Barack Obama on Saturday came down heavily on the US leadership’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak as the country tops the list with most confirmed cases and deaths.