US has most infections as virus tightens grip on the world

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. coronavirus infections surged to top the world amid warnings that the pandemic might be accelerating in major urban areas like New York, Chicago and Detroit. A record $2.2 trillion emergency package neared final approval Friday by Congress in an attempt to help millions of newly unemployed Americans. The situation in countries with even more fragile health care systems grew more dire. Russia, Indonesia and South Africa all passed the 1,000-infection mark, and South Africa began a three-week lockdown Friday. India launched a massive program to help feed day laborers after a lockdown of the country’s 1.3 billion people put them out of work.