Coronavirus: US records nearly 2,000 deaths for second day in row

New Delhi: The United States has recorded nearly 2,000 more deaths due to coronavirus for a second day in a row, according to the data by Johns Hopkins University quoted by news agency AFP.

The record-breaking figure of 1,973 deaths (slightly higher than the previous day’s toll of 1,939) brings the total number of US fatalities to 14,695. The US death toll now exceeds that of Spain, which has suffered 14,555 deaths, but has not surpassed Italy, whose toll stands at 17,669.

Meanwhile, New York recorded a new single-day high for coronavirus deaths on Wednesday but Governor Andrew Cuomo said the epidemic appeared to be stabilising.

Cuomo said 779 people had died in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll in New York state from COVID-19 to 6,268. The previous high of 731 was set on Monday.