Coronavirus deaths hit 1,000 in U.S. as global death toll passes 20,000
Source: NBC News
Deaths continued to rise in New York, which has been called the epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S., and in states all over the country.
March 26, 2020, 6:44 AM EDT
The United States has reached a grim milestone as the number of deaths linked to coronavirus passed 1,000 in the country on Thursday, according to a count by NBC News.
The number of reported deaths associated with the disease in the U.S. was at least 1,001 as of Thursday morning, according to that count, and there have been more than 68,000 reported cases. Globally, reported deaths passed 21,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The university puts the U.S. death toll even higher than the NBC News count, listing 1,050 as of around 2:30 a.m. ET.
Deaths continued to rise in New York, which has been called the epicenter of the epidemic on the U.S. There have been at least 334 deaths linked to the illness caused by the novel coronavirus as of early Thursday.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/coronavirus-deaths-united-states-linked-covid-19-surpass-1-000-n1169206
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