Covid-19: Virus cases about 2 million worldwide; few new hot spots April 13, 2020 at 05:12PM

The brunt of the disease has been felt most heavily in New York, Italy, France, Spain and the United Kingdom, but grim projections of a virus that would spread with equal ferocity to other corners of America and the world have not yet materialized after more than a month of measures meant to blunt its impact.