KATHMANDU: America, the worst-hit in terms of both deaths and infection cases, has reported 1,729 deaths in the last 24 hours taking the total to 85, 154.
According to the latest figures collated by Worldometer, with 20, 448 new cases, the number of infection cases has surged to 1,408,155 as of Thursday morning.
Currently, 1,036, 335 coronavirus patients are undergoing treatment at various hospitals across America, of which 16,349 are critical. Meanwhile, 307, 895 have recovered after treatment.
New York is the worst-hit with 27, 289 deaths followed by New Jersey and Massachusetts with 9,727 and 5,315 deaths, respectively.
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had declared Coronavirus a Public Health Emergency on January 31 in the US.
Broke out in Wuhan City of China last December, the deadly virus has spread to 213 countries including two international conveyances across the world, killing 297,694 and infecting 4,424,150 people as of Thursday morning.
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