2,000 die in US, highest so farMore than 2,000 people who tested positive for coronavirus died across the US on Friday - the highest number of fatalities seen so far. According to Johns Hopkins University, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the US has now exceeded 500,000, Sky News reports. However, there are signs that Americans are increasingly staying at home to help reduce the number of new infections. In total, more than 18,600 people in the US have died after testing positive for the coronavirus - narrowly behind Italy, which currently has the highest number of fatalities worldwide. Officials have warned that fatalities will likely peak this week and then start to decline.-AP

Source: The Standard April 11, 2020 02:26 UTC