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US coronavirus death toll leaps to over 2,000 as number of fatalities DOUBLES in 2 days US coronavirus death toll leaps to over 2,000 as number of fatalities DOUBLES in 2 days
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Over 2,000 people succumbed to the deadly Covid-19 disease in the US, as the country has grown into the global epicenter of the pandemic with over 120,000 confirmed cases, according to the data by Johns Hopkins University.
The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in the US has passed the 2,000 milestone, with John Hopkins University, which tracks Covid-19 data in real time, reporting that at least 2,010 people died from the flu-like disease in the US as of Saturday.
The new data marks a two-fold increase in fatalities in just two days. As recently as Thursday, the US crossed the grim threshold of 1,000 cases.
The US, which has just recently overtaken China as the country with the highest number of coronavirus cases, is now reporting a total of 121,117 cases - after becoming the first and, so far, the only nation to register over one hundred thousand cases.
As the Covid-19 continues to ravage the US, with the infected being spread across all the 50 states and the District of Columbia, New York City has been hit the hardest. The nation's most populous city has emerged as the hotspot of the virus with the largest number of fataltiies within the US borders - 517.
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