WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th March, 2020) The number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19)-related deaths in the United States increased to 573 on Monday afternoon, the Johns Hopkins University real-time COVID-19 tracker revealed.
Most deaths - 99 - have been registered in New York City, followed by King, Washington with 75 fatalities and Middlesex, New Jersey with 63.
As of Monday afternoon, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States exceeded 41,700, the tracker revealed.
Many jurisdictions across the United States have closed for non-essential businesses, ordered teleworking and have even issued stay-at-home orders to contain the epidemic.
