More than 3 million restaurant industry jobs were lost in the first 22 days of March, as the coronavirus outbreak swept the US.
Almost 15 million Americans work in tourism and hospitality— making it the fifth largest industry in the country.
The more than 300,000 independent restaurants closing across the country are estimated to cost $225 billion in lost revenue over the next three months.
Global Coronavirus Tracker: data from The Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.