Death Toll From Covid-19 Worldwide Continues To Climb

Friday, 22 May 2020 08:48

By Gareth Farrell

The number of deaths from Covid-19 in the United States is approaching 100,000.

Nearly 1.6 million people in the country have died of the virus.
That's over a third of the world's 5.1 million cases.
333,000 people have died of the disease.

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