Like the rest of the world, the United States is also very affected by the coronavirus, recording a heavy human toll. More than 5,000 people have died as a result of the epidemic, which has infected more than 215,000 people in the country, announced Thursday the Johns Hopkins University, whose assessments are authoritative.
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At 2:35 a.m. Thursday, a total of 215,417 people were infected in the United States and 5,116 of them died, the university said on its website. In 24 hours, 884 people succumbed to the Covid-19 in the country, which is a new daily record.
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The number of deaths has doubled in one week "
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization alerted to the "quasi-exponential" progression of the pandemic. "I am deeply concerned about the rapid escalation and global spread of infections. The number of deaths has more than doubled in the past week. In the coming days, we will reach 1 million confirmed cases and 50,000 deaths," said , for example, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a virtual press conference from Geneva.