COVID-19: US adds 1,680 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins

Washington: The United States recorded 1,680 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing its grim total to 87,493, according to the latest real-time tally Friday reported by Johns Hopkins University.

The country - hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of the number of fatalities - has now confirmed a total of 1,442,924 cases, the Baltimore-based school reported.

Globally, more than 4.5 million novel coronavirus cases have been officially detected with more than three-quarters of infections in Europe and the United States, according to an AFP tally at 2030 GMT on Friday using official sources.

At least 4,503,811 infections including 305,424 deaths have been reported globally, with Europe the hardest hit region with 1,848,790 cases and 164,145 deaths.