New York death toll Monday the lowest in 3 weeks

21 April 2020, 9:24 am

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New York, with the worst outbreak in the United States, reported late Monday that hospitalizations in the state have leveled off and the day’s death toll, at 478, is the lowest in three weeks, down from a peak of nearly 800. Still, the city canceled three of its biggest June events: the Puerto Rican Day parade, the Israel parade and the gay pride march.

The coronavirus death toll in the United States — the country with the most fatalities in the pandemic — has climbed by 1,433 in the past 24 hours to reach 42,094, the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University shows.

The US has recorded more than 784,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the global health crisis, according to the Baltimore-based university.

— agencies