On Tuesday, the United States COVID-19 death toll climbed above 58,000, exceeding the loss of American life from the Vietnam War.
Washington| The COVID-19 death toll surged above 58,000 in the United States on Tuesday, surpassing the casualties of American life from the Vietnam War.
The deaths from COVID-19 in the US have reached 58,351, crossing the 58,220 which the National Archives designates as U.S. losses from battle and other causes, including accidents, in the years-long Southeast Asian war
About 30% of American cases have occurred in New York state, the epicentre of the U.S. outbreak, followed by New Jersey, Massachusetts, Illinois, California, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
As of 8:30 pm (0030 GMT), in a 24-hour period, there were 2,207 additional fatalities, the Baltimore-based university said after the daily toll had dropped to around 1,300 on Sunday and Monday.
This comes as Florida’s governor met with US President Donald Trump to discuss lifting lockdown intended to contain the pandemic.
Florida reported its highest single-day fatalities from the COVID-19, and two days before Florida’s stay-at-home order was due to expire.
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The United States has entered into a grim situation as it recorded its one-millionth case of COVID-19, about one-third of the entire world’s caseload, as per Johns Hopkins Universiti data.
Medical experts have informed that an unanticipated rollback of social-distancing policies could trigger a resurgence of epidemics just when those restrictions are indicating of bringing the outbreak under control.
(Inputs from Agencies)
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