COVID-19 Death Toll In US Rises Above 16,000, Cases Top 452,000 - Johns Hopkins University

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 10th April, 2020) The COVID-19 death toll in the United States has risen above 16,000, according to the latest data published by Johns Hopkins University at 4:00 pm EST (2000 GMT) on Thursday.

According to the university, which provides aggregate figures of the coronavirus outbreak across the globe, at least 16,129 people have died in the United States as a result of contracting COVID-19. Meanwhile, the total number of confirmed cases in the US since the start of the outbreak now stands at 451,491, the highest number of infections in any country.