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People stand in line to be tested for Covid-19 at Elmhurst Hospital Center in New York City. Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

More than 83,000 people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus as of Thursday evening, a staggering jump of more than 10,000 since the morning, according to data tracked by Johns Hopkins University. At least 1,200 deaths have been blamed on the virus in the U.S.

China, where the crisis seems to have subsided, has reported 81,782 cases.

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