US records 1,384 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

WASHINGTON: The United States has recorded 1,384 more novel coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours on Tuesday.

The United States, the country which has been worst affected by the deadly novel coronavirus with a total of 1,010,507 confirmed cases on Tuesday recorded 56,803 deaths.

New York is America’s worst-hit state, with more than 17,300 COVID-19 deaths out of almost 292,000 confirmed infections. A total of 17,735 people were hospitalized across New York because of COVID-19, down from 18,335 a day earlier and the lowest since 6th April.

President Donald Trump said that he expected to see many US schools reopen before the end of the school year. “Even if it’s for a very short period of time, I think it would be a good thing,” he told reporters.

The US became the first country in the world to report 2000 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours on 10th April and instead reached 2806 on April 15.

It has recorded more than 2000 deaths per day for at least seven days since the predicted peak of deaths, including 2792 on 24th April and 2,408 on 25th April this past weekend.

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