More than 2,700 dead in US from coronavirus in last 24 hours

[WASHINGTON] The coronavirus death toll in the United States - the country with the most fatalities in the pandemic - has climbed by 2,751 in the past 24 hours, the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University showed on Tuesday.

The US has recorded more than 800,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to the Baltimore-based university, with 44,845 deaths.

Nearly 40,000 new cases were reported between Monday at 8.30pm local time, and Tuesday at the same time, the university said.

AFP