Washington, Apr 5: The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States has topped 300,000 , the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University said.
The fresh figure reached 300,915 with 8,162 deaths by 1540 hrs local time on Saturday, according to the CSSE.
The state of New York, which suffered the most in the country, recorded 113,806 cases and 3,565 fatalities.
Other states with over 10,000 cases include New Jersey, Michigan, California, Louisiana, Florida, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
China reports 30 new COVID19 cases, 3 new fatalities in past 24 hours
Beijing, Apr 5: China has registered 30 new Coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, 25 of them imported; over 200 people have recovered from COVID-19 in China in the same period, the country’s National Health Commission informed.
The day before, there were 19 new coronavirus cases in mainland China, and 4 new deaths from COVID-19.
The total death toll from COVID-19 in mainland China now stands at 3,329, while the total number of coronavirus cases in the country is 81,669, according to the health commission. A total of 76,764 people have recovered.
Starting from Wednesday, the Chinese authorities have been releasing data on asymptomatic COVID-19 cases. In the past 24 hours, 47 such cases were registered in China, 16 of them imported.
Globally, countries and regions have altogether recorded 1,181,825 cases and 63,902 deaths, while over 240,000 have recovered from the disease.
COVID-19: Cases in US top 300,000, death toll rises to 8162; China reports 30 new cases, 3 new fatalities in past 24 hours
