Governments Face Pressure to Ease Coronavirus Lockdowns

Reported coronavirus fatalities topped 40,000 in the U.S. Sunday as the pandemic showed early indications of easing in some states, ramping up tension to re-assess lockdowns.

Component of the problem authorities deal with in gauging no matter whether to loosen lockdown limits is choosing how to interpret data that they say present a combined image of the virus—contained in some spots but considerably from defeated.

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