Spotlight: U.S. COVID-19 deaths top 50,000, debates heating up over reopening economy

A sign expressing love for doctors and nurses is displayed in the window of a convenience store outside the Brooklyn Hospital Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, on April 24, 2020. More than 50,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States while debates are heightening over reopening the country's economy severely battered by the virus. A total of 870,468 cases have been reported in the United States with the death toll reaching 50,031 as of 11 a.m. Friday (1500 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)