The United States recorded 2,053 additional deaths in 24 hours, related to the coronavirus. It is the third day in a row to more than 2,000 dead, bringing the total toll to 62,906 victims since the start of the pandemic. The country is the most bereaved by the virus, ahead of Italy and the United Kingdom. 

The United States has recorded in the last 24 hours 2,053 additional deaths related to the new coronavirus, according to the count Thursday at 8:30 pm local (00:30 GMT Friday) of Johns Hopkins University, which refers. After a brief dip on Sunday and Monday, this marks a third consecutive day with more than 2,000 deaths and brings the US death toll to 62,906 deaths in total since the start of the pandemic, according to continuously updated figures from the university.

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A third of officially registered cases worldwide

The United States is by far the country most bereaved by the Covid-19, ahead of Italy (27,967 dead), the United Kingdom (26,711), Spain (24,543) and France (24,376), according to a AFP's assessment from official sources Thursday at 7:00 p.m. GMT. The new coronavirus has killed at least 230,000 people worldwide since its appearance in December in China.

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The United States, with more than a million diagnosed cases of Covid-19, also alone accounts for almost a third of officially registered cases in 195 countries and territories around the world.