MOSCOW: The United States has registered at least 2,228 deaths related to COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, the largest day-on-day increase since the start of the outbreak, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Sputnik news agency reported that at least 25,757 people have now died after contracting the disease, according to the latest figures.
Earlier in the day, Johns Hopkins University reported that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in the US since the start of the outbreak had topped 600,000.
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