GM said sales fell about seven per cent from the same period in 2019 to 618,335 vehicles due to significant declines in March as cities and states around the United States sharply curtailed activity to try to limit the spread of Covid-19. — Reuters pic

NEW YORK, April 2 ­— Automakers reported lower US sales yesterday, with purchases diving in March as the coronavirus pandemic prompted widespread economic closures in much of the country, carmakers reported yesterday.