Over 60,000 lives claimed by COVID-19 in US — a tally some models predicted for late summer

Amid a bleak financial outlook in which the U.S. economy saw its steepest drop since the Great Recession, a mix of both optimism and caution blanketed the country Wednesday as officials weighed responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo noted that the death rate has declined in recent days but is still disturbingly high. At least 330 people died across New York State on …