미국, 확진자 54만 넘고 사망자 2만 넘어 감염자와 사망자 '전 세계 최다'<br /><br />It has been more than a month since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic and the U.S. has become the world's hardest-hit country, both in terms of reported cases and the number of fatalities.<br />Over in Europe, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performed an online concert at Milan's empty cathedral with a message of hope to those in lockdown around the globe because of the coronavirus pandemic.<br />Kim Sungmin reports.<br />The U.S. has now become the place hardest-hit by COVID-19, reporting the largest number of total confirmed cases and the highest death toll of any country.<br />Total infections there have topped five-hundred-forty-thousand and the death toll has surpassed twenty-two-thousand, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.<br />In Europe, the total confirmed cases reached over eight-hundred-seventy-thousand, with the death toll hitting over seventy-thousand.<br />In Italy, a tenor comforted people who are struggling in the COVID-19 crisis.<br />"First of all, this is not a concert, but a prayer. It’s a prayer, and that is what it is meant to be."<br />Andrea Bocelli and his mesmerizing voice echoed a heart-touching message in “Music for Hope” at the empty Milan Cathedral.<br />His singing touched those who are under quarantine.<br />The performance was streamed live on social media and it gathered views from all over the world, hitting more than 24 million views as of Monday.<br />In the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had been in hospital undergoing treatment for COVID-19, was discharged on Sunday local time.<br />The UK reported 737 more deaths on the same day, bringing its total to more than ten-thousand.<br />Over in Japan, the number of total confirmed cases has soared to pass over 8,000 as of Sunday.<br />According to Japanese public broadcaster NHK, 500 more new cases were reported …bringing the total to around 8-thousand-one-hundred.<br />The death toll in Japan now stands at 150, with 6 more from Sunday.<br />KIM Sung-min, Arirang News<br />
