US coronavirus death toll passes 100,000, with nearly 1.7 million cases
US coronavirus death toll passes 100,000, with nearly 1.7 million cases
By Paul Johnson
1 hour ago
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The United States has passed 100,000 coronavirus deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University figures, representing more than 28 per cent of the global death toll from the pandemic.
This morning Johns Hopkins said the US had recorded 100,047 deaths from COVID-19.
The majority of those deaths have come in clusters on the nation's east coast, with the states of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Boston, Michigan and Pennsylvania making up over half of the death toll: New York state has recorded more than 29,000 deaths on its own.
The nation with the second-highest death toll from COVID-19 is the United Kingdom, where more than 37,500 people have died.
The US not only has more recorded deaths than any other nation, but has more confirmed cases
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At the time of writing the US had nearly 1.7 million cases, nearly four times more than that of the nearest other nation, Brazil.