COVID-19 deaths in US top 66,000 - Johns Hopkins University
Updated: 2020-05-03 10:16
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WASHINGTON - Coronavirus deaths in the United States climbed by 1,435 in the past 24 hours, a tally by Johns Hopkins University showed Saturday, bringing the total number of fatalities to more than 66,000.
The Baltimore-based university had recorded more than 1.1 million cases in the country as of 8:30 pm Saturday (0030 GMT Sunday), with 66,224 deaths, a two percent rise from a day earlier.
The United States has by far the highest death toll of any country in the global pandemic.
- AFP
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