US records 450 virus deaths in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins | Inquirer News

US records 450 virus deaths in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins

/ 09:21 AM June 09, 2020

People ride the subway on the first day of phase one of the reopening after the coronavirus lockdown on June 8, 2020 in New York City. New York City enters phase one one hundred days after the first confirmed case of Covid-19. 400,000 people are expected to return to work. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/AFP

WASHINGTON — The United States recorded 450 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the latest real-time tally reported Monday by Johns Hopkins University — the lowest total in about two months.

It remains to be seen if the low mark will hold in the coming days, as the data compiled by the Baltimore-based school tends to dip as the weekend ends because of how numbers are reported by local health authorities.

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The country — hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of the number of fatalities — has confirmed a total of 110,932 deaths and is approaching two million cases, at 1,956,527, it reported.

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The United States first saw daily death tolls of more than 500 in late March. The 24-hour figure surpassed 3,000 at one point in mid-April.

For the past two weeks, the daily number of fatalities has dipped below 1,000 multiple times.

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But the increase in the number of cases has stubbornly remained at about 20,000 a day.

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