Coronavirus live updates: Facebook releases symptom tracking map, Novartis to conduct malaria drug trial
April 20, 2020 / Fred Imbert, Kevin Stankiewicz, Jessica Bursztynsky
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- Global cases: More than 2,416,100
- Global deaths: At least 165,939
- US cases: More than 759,700
- US deaths: At least 40,683
The data above was compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
10:36 am: US restaurants on track to lose $240 billion by the end of 2020, survey says
U.S. restaurants are on track to lose $50 billion in April, with losses amounting to an estimated $240 billion by the end of 2020, as the coronavirus crisis ravages the industry, according to a National Restaurant Association survey released Monday.
Two-thirds of U.S. restaurant workers — or 8 million people — have been laid off or furloughed with the closing of 4 in 10 restaurants, but at least 60% of operators say existing federal relief programs will not help them prevent more layoffs, the survey found. —Reuters
