US coronavirus deaths pass 5,000: Johns Hopkins
The country also set a one-day record of 884 COVID-19 deaths
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WASHINGTON: The US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 5,000 late Wednesday, according to a running tally from Johns Hopkins University.
At about 0235 GMT Thursday, 5,116 people had died, the tally showed, on the same day the United States set a one-day record of 884 people killed in 24 hours.