COVID-19: US adds more than 1,800 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

Total deaths now at 84,059 in country hardest hit by pandemic

Last updated: May 14, 2020 | 05:21

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Cemetery workers prepare to bury a casket from McLaughlin & Sons funeral home, without any family present because of coronavirus restrictions, Wednesday May 13, 2020, at Holy Cross Cemetery in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

Washington: The United States recorded 1,813 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 84,059, according to the latest real-time tally Wednesday 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 1,389,935 cases, the Baltimore-based school reported.

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