US records 1,297 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours
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- AFP
- Published Date: 10:03 | 29 May 2020
- Modified Date: 10:03 | 29 May 2020
The United States recorded 1,297 coronavirus deaths on Thursday, bringing its total to 101,573 since the global pandemic began, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
The country has also officially logged 1,720,613 cases of the virus, far more than any other nation, the tracker kept by the Baltimore-based university showed at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Friday).
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