The coronavirus pandemic has killed 345 people and infected 18,000 others in the past 24 hours in the United States. A record, which brings the total toll to 1,438 deaths.

Sad record for the United States. In the past 24 hours, 345 people have died from the coronavirus in the country and 18,000 others have been infected, according to figures from John Hopkins University. The total death toll in the country is 1,438 dead. With 94,238 cases, the United States is now the most affected country in the world.

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The World Health Organization is concerned that the country and its nearly 330 million people may become the next epicenter of the pandemic. The majority of the deaths are currently recorded in New York State, which has become the center of the American epidemic. Its governor, Andrew Cuomo, predicts a peak of contamination in about 21 days, around April 17.