US records 1514 coronavirus fatalities in 24 hours: report
More than 189,000 coronavirus cases have been reported in New York state, the hardest-hit state in the US, and the death toll now stands at 9385.
FollowNew York: The United States recorded 1,514 deaths related to the coronavirus pandemic over the past 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University as of 8:30 pm Sunday (0030 GMT Monday).
The number of fatalities was lower than the previous day's toll of 1,920.
The outbreak has now claimed the lives of at least 22,020 people in the US, the most of any country.
The US also leads the world by far in the number of confirmed infections, with 555,313 by the Baltimore-based university's count.
New York City, the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, now alone has over 100,000 novel coronavirus cases, more than the confirmed cases in China and the UK, according to the official data.Â
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According to estimates by Johns Hopkins University, there are 85,208 coronavirus cases in the UK, 83,135 in China and 71,686 in Iran.
According to the data from the New York City government, an increase of at least 5,695 cases on Sunday put New York City's total number of coronavirus infections at over 104,410 as of April 12 and 27,676 hospitalisations. The city's death toll is 6,898.
More than 189,000 cases have been reported in New York state, the hardest-hit state in the US, and the death toll now stands at 9385.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters on Sunday that the past week was a "very, very tough" one in the city's hospitals.
