New Delhi (NVI): The coronavirus death toll in the US has reached 20, 597, exceeding that of Italy which recorded the highest fatalities, according to John Hopkins University reports.
The total number of infections in the US has also climbed to 527,111, with over 31,917 recoveries.
Apart from that, the US also became the first country yesterday to record over 2,000 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, reports in foreign media said.
Meanwhile, the global death toll has passed 1,00,000 mark with 1,07,000 fatalities as the total number of cases has surpassed 1.7 million.
