Coronavirus US live: US now has more cases than any other country
- US now has 82,404 confirmed cases, according to tracker
- New York governor rails at Congress for lack of aid
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- Record 3.3 million Americans file for unemployment
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Advocates for American workers praised a “historic” increase in unemployment benefits included in an emergency $2tn relief package approved by the US Senate, which will offer special “pandemic unemployment” to gig workers, self-employed workers, and some people forced to leave their jobs because of the coronavirus crisis.
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The Guardian’s Sam Levine reports:
Two Florida poll workers tested positive for coronavirus after the state’s March 17 primary, the Broward County supervisor of elections announced Thursday.
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