The U.S. has the highest death toll from coronavirus in the world, followed by Brazil with 66,868 deaths, the United Kingdom with 44,391 deaths and Italy with 34,899 deaths.

3,098,959 people have until now tested positive for coronavirus in the country, an increase of 55,442 new cases in the past 24 hours.

Until now, at least 1,354,863 patients suffering from the pandemic have recovered and been discharged from hospital in the country.

At least 38,801,591 tests have been carried out to detect coronavirus infections in the country.

New York, which is being hit the hardest by the novel coronavirus in the U.S, has so far reported more than 423,493 confirmed cases, with at least 32,292 deaths.

According to Worldometer, a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics, coronavirus pandemic has so far claimed the lives of at least 547,671 people across the world. (ILKHA)