US surpasses 700,000 coronavirus cases
18 April, 2020
This week, New York City said it would add 3,778 "probable" virus deaths to its official count.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave a toll Friday nights 33,049 dead, including 4,226 probable virus-linked deaths.
AMERICA has seen the best death toll in the world in the coronavirus pandemic, before Italy (22,745 deaths) although its population is just a fifth of this of the US.
Spain has recorded 19,478 deaths, followed by France with 18,681.AMERICA on Friday passed 700,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University.
With the highest number of instances and deaths of any country on the globe, the united states had recorded 700,282 cases of COVID-19 and 36,773 deaths by 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Friday), based on the Baltimore-based university.
That marked a rise of 3,856 deaths during the past a day, but that figure likely includes "probable" virus-linked deaths, which had not previously been counted.
Source: www.thejakartapost.com
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