코로나19, 미국서 본격 확산 한달만에 사망원인 3위 올라<br /><br />The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to surge above 200-thousand in the U.S.<br />And the death toll is above 5-thousand.<br />Only heart disease and cancer are killing more Americans every day than the coronavirus.<br />In efforts to curb the spread of the virus, national parks are temporarily shut down and almost 90 percent of Americans are in self-quarantine.<br />Hong Yoo reports.<br />COVID-19 has become the third leading cause of death in the U.S. just a month after cases started surging there.<br />Health experts say that currently more than 700 people are dying from the virus each day.<br />Heart-related illnesses cause the most deaths in the U.S., killing more than 1-thousand-700 people a day. Cancer is second with around 1-thousand-600 deaths a day.<br />On March 26, more than 1-thousand people died of coronavirus in the U.S. in a single day.<br />The Coronavirus Resource Center in Johns Hopkins University shows the death toll has now surpassed 5-thousand-100.<br />And the number of confirmed cases is currently over 216-thousand, after jumping from 10-thousand to over two-hundred thousand in just 13 days.<br />Now the U.S. has one fifth of all COVID-19 cases in the world.<br />And almost 90 percent of all Americans are under lockdown as state governors have ordered people to self-quarantine.<br />One of the country's biggest tourism spots, the Grand Canyon National Park was temporarily shut down on Monday.<br />The park announced that it prioritizes the health and safety of all visitors, employees, residents, and volunteers,... and has been advised by the government to follow federal health guidelines.<br />The decision comes as tourists kept visiting the park despite the fast spread of the virus.<br />Other national parks such as the Yellowstone and Joshua Tree had already been shut down.<br />Hong Yoo, Arirang News.<br />
