Washington, March 27 -- * $ 12oo each for qualifying Americans in bill

* Number of cases in USA overtakes China's

* Trump wants to open the economy by Easter amid 3 million jobless claims

The US Senate unanimously passed a massive $2 trillion stimulus package Wednesday to soften the economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic for American workers and businesses.

The measure would provide billions of dollars in credit for struggling industries, a significant boost to unemployment insurance and direct cash payments to Americans.

As indication of the depth of the nation's economic woes, new data released on Thursday showed that more than 3 million Americans filed for unemployment last week.

The massive spike in new jobless claims comes a...