WASHINGTON, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The US has passed 100,000 deaths in the coronavirus outbreak, figures from Johns Hopkins University show.
It has seen more deaths than any other country, while its 1.69 million confirmed infections account for about 30% of the worldwide total.
The first US infection surfaced in Washington state on Jan 21.
Globally there have been 5.6 million people recorded as infected and 353,414 deaths since the virus emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year.
With the US death toll currently at 100,047, it is almost the same as the number of American servicemen and women killed in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan over 44 years of fighting.
Some hard-hit states like New York are seeing a drop in death rates, but 20 states reported a rise in new cases for the week ending on Sunday.
New York City was especially hard hit by the virus – more than 21,000 of its residents have died so far.
During the peak of the crisis in the city, the daily death toll was in the hundreds. Hospitals were overwhelmed and makeshift morgues were built outside health facilities.
Nearly 39 million Americans have lost their jobs.
Currently, there is no vaccine for Covid-19. There is also no confirmed treatment for the disease, but there are several being tested. — NNN-AGENCIES