WASHINGTON, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The coronavirus death toll in the United States — the country with the most fatalities in the pandemic — has climbed by 1,433 in the past 24 hours to reach 42,094, the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University showed.
The US has recorded more than 784,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the global health crisis, according to the Baltimore-based university.
New York is the epicenter of the US outbreak, though it seems the state may have endured the worst of the crisis.
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that 478 deaths had been recorded in the previous 24 hours, the lowest total in more than two weeks.
President Donald Trump announced Monday that he would welcome Cuomo, who has spearheaded the response to his state’s coronavirus outbreaks, to the White House on Tuesday.
“He is coming to the Oval Office tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon,” Trump told reporters.
New York is the epicenter of the US coronavirus epidemic, and more than a third of the 41,000 deaths nationwide have come from the state.
Trump has been both praiseworthy and critical of Cuomo’s response to the crisis.
“They’re getting it together in New York, a lot of good things are happening in New York,” Trump said Monday, after the state recorded a drop in new hospitalizations and deaths.
“We are there to stand with the governors and to help the governors and that’s what we’re doing.” — NNN-AGENCIES
