The U.S. has the highest death toll in the world, with nearly twice the number of fatalities in Italy, Spain and France.
The daily death toll in the U.S. then dropped for two consecutive days, reaching 2,176 on April 16, before slightly rising to 2,528 on April 17. The daily death count fell by around 26 percent on April 18, reporting around 1,867 new fatalities. It decreased further to 1,561 on April 19, decreasing by nearly 40 percent.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, the disease caused by the new strain of coronavirus, in a selection of states.New York, the worst-hit state in the country, has seen the highest number of deaths to date, with more than 18,200 fatalities, as of Friday. The state has recently shown signs of the outbreak slowing down and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo noted the state may have passed the point of the outbreak's severity.
The novel coronavirus has spread to more than 2.4 million people in at least 185 countries and regions. The U.S. remains the epicenter of the outbreak, with more than 760,500 confirmed cases. More than 71,000 in the U.S. have reportedly recovered from infection, as of Monday.
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