With an additional 1,500 between Thursday and Friday, the United States now records a total of 7,406 virus-related deaths.

The United States has recorded nearly 1,500 additional deaths from the new coronavirus between Thursday and Friday evening, according to the Johns Hopkins University count, which is the worst 24-hour record recorded in a country.

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Total number of deceased: 7,406

With 1,480 deaths counted between 8:30 p.m. local Thursday and the same time Friday, according to university figures continuously updated, the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic in the United States is now 7,406.

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