US coronavirus deaths top 20,000 with billions in Easter lockdown COVID19
NEW YORK - The United States passed the grim milestone of 20,000 coronavirus deaths Sunday as huge swathes of the globe celebrated the Easter holiday weekend under lockdown at home.
Churches were expected to be empty on Easter Sunday, the climax of Holy Week for the world's two billion-plus Christians, with congregations shuttered at home by global stay-at-home directives aiming to stem a pandemic that has infected 1.7 million and killed more than 100,000.Pope Francis was due to livestream his Easter Vigil from an empty St Peter's Basilica later Saturday, after he presided over a Good Friday service -- also with no attendees -- to kick off the weekend.
"His words, although spoken far from Saint Peter's Square, which was wrapped in an unreal silence, have reached everyone," said Conte. Numbers out of Spain offered a shred of hope Saturday: 510 new deaths, a dip in fatalities for the third day in a row. "A very high plateau for the epidemic appears to have been reached but the epidemic remains very active," said French health official Jerome Salomon. Italy meanwhile said the number of daily deaths was starting to level off -- though the government resisted pressure to lift its lockdown, extending confinement measures until May 3.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the state's Governor Andrew Cuomo and were involved in a public disagreement over reopening the city's schools.
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