Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk past the General Post Office in the Benoy-Badal Dinesh (B.B.D) Bagh area of Kolkata, India. (Photographer: Arko Datto/Bloomberg)
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Sep 23, 2020
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The U.S. death toll from the novel coronavirus exceeded 200,000, a grim milestone that comes eight months after the pathogen was first confirmed on American soil.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new restrictions that are likely to last six months and urged residents to work from home where possible. U.S. President Donald Trump assailed China for the pandemic in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly. China’s Xi Jinping pushed back.
Iran reported its biggest spike in daily cases since the pandemic began, while France’s infections jumped after a weekend lull. South Korea reported more than 100 new cases for the first time in four days.
Globally, cases topped 31.4 million, while deaths exceeded 967,000.
