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U.S. Cases Up 3.1%, Below Past Week’s 4.4% Average: Virus Update

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By Bloomberg News

April 21, 2020 at 11:29 PM UTC

Updated on

April 22, 2020 at 9:04 PM UTC

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reported 474 fatalities, the lowest daily rate since early April, pushing the total deaths for the state past 15,000. The state is planning to coordinate contact tracing regionally with New Jersey and Connecticut.

Italy posted the most new cases in four days, and Irish infections rose again after three days of declining numbers. Singapore reported more than 1,000 new cases for the third day, pushing total infections past 10,000.