Daily coronavirus deaths in US increase to 740
The United States confirmed 740 COVID-19-related deaths during the day, nearly doubling compared to the number seen in yesterday’s update, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally.
Following the added fatalities the nation’s coronavirus death toll reached 116,854. During the same time, the number of infections in the country increased to 2,134,973, rising by 23,351 in a day, while the number of total tests administered by the nation’s health workers passed 24.4 million.
In the meantime, the cumulative number of people who recovered from the disease reached 583,503, after 7,169 additional people were released from hospitals.
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