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Thursday, April 16, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, April 16, 2020
US death toll from virus surpasses 30,000
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe confirmed coronavirus death toll in the United States surpasses 30,000 on Thursday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
The tracker says 30,990 people have now died in the country from COVID-19 since the start of the global health crisis.
The US has the highest death toll in the world, followed by Italy with 21,645 dead although its population is just a fifth of that of the US.
Spain has recorded 19,130 deaths, followed by France with 17,167.
Nearly 640,000 coronavirus cases have been recorded in the United States, which has seen a record number of deaths over the past two days.
New York, the epicenter of the country’s COVID-19 epidemic, has suffered more than 14,000 deaths across the state alone.
— AFP
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