The United States has the highest number of cases in the world, surpassing 100,000 confirmed infections of COVID-19.
There have been 100,717 cases including 1,544 deaths as of Saturday morning.
The US death rate based on confirmed cases is about 1.5 per cent, compared to around 10.5 per cent in Italy.
Public health experts say that while the US yet to hit the peak of the epidemic, there are several reasons why the COVID-19 disease has exploded in America.
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