Since the outbreak in March, the cumulative number of people applying for unemployment benefits in the United States has exceeded 40 million.

2020-05-29

More than 21,000 new cases were diagnosed in the United States in a single day, with a
cumulative total of over 1.71 million diagnosed.

Overseas Network News on May 29, according to the epidemic data released by Johns Hopkins
University in the United States, on May 29, a total of 1717756 cases of coronavirus were
diagnosed in the United States, and a total of 101470 deaths. Compared with the data of the
previous day, there were 21980 newly confirmed cases and 1423 new death cases in the United
States.

In addition, in New York State, which has the worst epidemic in the United States, a total of
366,733 cases were diagnosed and a total of 29,529 deaths. In New Jersey, another severe
epidemic area, a total of 157,185 cases were diagnosed and 11,409 cases were died.
The latest data released by the US Department of Labor on the 27th local time shows that in the
week ending May 23, the number of first-time jobless claims in the United States was 2.123
million, which was higher than the market's estimate of 2.1 million. In the previous week, the
number of people applying for unemployment benefits for the first time was 2.438 million. Since
the outbreak in March, the cumulative number of people applying for unemployment benefits in
the United States has exceeded 40 million.

In addition, the U.S. Department of Commerce released revised data on actual gross domestic
product (GDP) in the first quarter of the United States. The data show that the revised value of the
annualized quarterly rate of real GDP in the United States fell by 5% in the first quarter, which
was greater than the initial value.