US records 749 Covid-19 deaths in past 24 hours
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic killed 749 persons in the usa in the past 24 hours, according to figures released on Saturday by Johns Hopkins University.
The most recent deaths bring the full total in the usa to 109,791, and there have been a lot more than 1.9 million cases, according to a real-time tally maintained by the Baltimore-based university at 8.30pm (0030 GMT Sunday).
Some 500,000 people have recovered from the condition.
AMERICA has suffered by far the major number of both Covid-19 deaths and infections.
On a per capita basis, however, several European countries - including France, Italy and Spain - have a higher death toll.
President Donald Trump said on Friday that america was "largely through" the pandemic and renewed his call on governors to help ease lockdown measures in their states.
While the United States was suffering around 3,000 deaths a day in mid-April, that number has declined to around 1,000 deaths and 20,000 new cases a trip to present.
But healthcare professionals worry mass demonstrations against police brutality and racism taking place in cities across the US may result in a fresh surge in infections in the coming weeks. - AFP
