Coronavirus deaths in U.S. top 65,000
Published : 02 May 2020, 23:11
DF-Xinhua Report
The number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States topped 65,000 on Saturday morning, reaching 65,173 as of 11:30 a.m. (1530 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
A total of 1,106,373 cases have been reported in the country, according to the CSSE.
The state of New York suffered the most, with 308,314 cases and 24,039 deaths. Other hardest-hit states included New Jersey with 7,538 deaths, Michigan with 3,866 deaths, and Massachusetts with 3,716 deaths, the data showed.