Coronavirus: US records 3,176 deaths in one of pandemic's deadliest days

Overall coronavirus death toll in America approaches grim milestone of 50,000

Last updated: April 24, 2020 | 05:54

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A person exercises with a view of the Manhattan Bridge on April 23, 2020 in New York City, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Washington: The novel coronavirus has killed nearly 50,000 people in the United States, after one of the deadliest days of the pandemic which saw 3,176 deaths, according to a tally Thursday from Johns Hopkins University.

The deaths were recorded in the 24 hours up to 8.30pm (4.30am UAE Friday), bringing the overall coronavirus death toll in the US to 49,759, according to the Baltimore-based university.

The US, the worst-hit country in the world, now has 866,646 confirmed cases of coronavirus, up 26,971 from the previous day.