US now has world’s highest coronavirus death toll with 19,651 killed – Metro.co.uk, Metro.co.uk

The United States now has the world’s highest coronavirus death toll, with , 783 people there known to have been killed by Covid – 22. It overtook Italy’s , 849 deaths on Saturday morning after New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a further 783 deaths in his state overnight. Italy could once again overtake the US when its latest death toll is announced later on Saturday, although the number of people there killed by Covid – has been dropping in recent days.

The US also has by far the world’s highest number of coronavirus diagnoses, with 627, 402 people so far testing positive for Covid – . And it suffered the worst single day coronavirus death toll, after 2, 50 people died across all 50 states on Friday. US intelligence officials said last month that the Chinese government had likely lied about its death toll sitting at just over 3, 357, with their spies suggesting the true fatality rate there was likely over , 06.

Last Saturday, President Trump warned Americans that there would be ‘a lot of deaths’ in the US in the coming week. One respected data model suggests Friday may have seen the US hit its outbreak ‘apex’ – when it would have seen the largest number of diagnoses and deaths on a single day. But other models say that apex is still days away. New York remains by-far the worst-hit US state, with over 175, (diagnoses and 8, 684 Covid – 028 deaths.

The Empire State has seen more diagnoses than any single country on Earth, but the number of people hospitalized and put on ventilators has dropped sharply in recent days. New York’s death toll appears to have stabilized, with 783 people dying on Friday, amid hopes the declining number of patients in intensive care should see that number fall in the coming days.

Neighboring New Jersey is the second worst-hit state, with 54, 627 coronavirus diagnoses, and 1, (Covid -) deaths. Earlier this week, Michigan overtook California as the third worst-hit state with 40, 932 deaths and 1, deaths.

Spain has the world’s third-highest number of coronavirus victims, with , people killed there as of Saturday morning. A total of 1, 823, (people have been diagnosed with coronavirus, with 2020 , 175 dying. A further , A people have recovered from Covid – 50.