COVID-19: US death toll exceeds 4,000

The total number of deaths from the coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S has topped 4,000, more than double the number from three days earlier.

The number of deaths was 4,076, more than twice the 2,010 recorded late on Saturday, while China’s death toll stood at 3,310.

More than 40 percent of recorded deaths nationally were in New York state, the Johns Hopkins data showed.

The number of confirmed US cases has reached 189,510, the most in the world, though Italy and Spain have recorded more fatalities.