US hits a new world record for the most one-day coronavirus deaths, at 1169

Issued on: 03/04/2020 – 03:11Modified: 03/04/2020 – 03:10

The United States recorded 1,169 COVID-19 fatalities in the past 24 hours, the Johns Hopkins University tracker showed Thursday, the highest one-day death toll recorded in any country since the global pandemic began.

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The toll reflected figures reported by the university between 8:30 pm Wednesday (0030 GMT) and the same time Thursday.

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