US death toll from coronavirus approaches 70,000

1,212,955 people have until now tested positive for coronavirus in the country, an increase of 24,713 new cases in the past 24 hours.

Until now, 188,027 patients suffering from the pandemic have recovered and been discharged from hospital in the country.

The U.S. has the highest death toll from coronavirus in the world, followed by Italy and Spain.

New York, which is being hit the hardest by the novel coronavirus in the U.S, has so far reported more than 327,374 confirmed cases, with at least 24,944 deaths.

According to Worldometer, a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics, coronavirus pandemic has so far infected more than 3,647,623 and claimed the lives of at least 252,444 people across the world. (ILKHA)