Coronavirus tally: U.S. case tally jumps to over 45,000 in a day as deaths rise by nearly 900
The global tally for confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 climbed to 32.26 million as of Friday morning, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, while the death toll rose to 983,417. The U.S. was the world's leader with 6.98 million cases and 202,819 deaths. There were at least 885 new deaths in the U.S. on Thursday, up from 1,091 the day before, while new cases reported increased to 45,176 from 41,481, according to New York Times data. The new case tally compares with the daily average 41,859 over the past week, which is up 17% from the average two weeks earlier. Brazil has the second highest death toll in the world at 139,808 and third highest case tally at 4.66 million, JHU data show. India is third with 92,290 deaths and second with 5.82 million cases. Mexico is fourth with 75,439 deaths and seventh with 715,457 cases. The U.K. has 41,991 deaths and 418,889 cases, the highest death toll in Europe and fifth-highest in the world.
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