MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 07th August, 2020) The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in the United States, has surpassed 160,000, Johns Hopkins University says.
The exact death toll stood at 160,090 as of 02:00 GMT on Friday. The United States has confirmed 4,881,974 coronavirus cases, with 1,598,624 people having recovered.
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11. The US remains the worst-hit nation, both in terms of the number of cases and the death toll.
