US becomes first country to record over 2,000 COVID-19 deaths in single day; total cases surpass 500,000

With 2,108 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, the United States became the first country to record over 2,000 fatalities in a single day. The COVID-19 death toll in America, hence, reached 18,693 on Friday. Moreover, the coronavirus has now infected over 500,000 people in the US as 500,399 COVID-19 have been reported in the country till now, according to the Johns Hopkins University data.

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