Coronavirus: Nearly 2,000 dead in one day in the United StatesPassengers in wetsuits at a station in Wuhan, China, April 8, 2020. SEE ALSO: The Trump year and his escapadesPrime Minister Boris Johnson spent his third night in hospital in London. The world is approaching 100,000 dead, with more than 80,000 identified Tuesday by AFP. But this count, from official sources, is below reality, since many deaths outside hospitals are neither tested nor counted, for example in the United States, where the rules vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. SEE ALSO: Cuba-US relations backslide five years after landmark thawIn the United States, New York State, the US epicenter of the epidemic, recorded a new record of 731 deaths in 24 hours, for a total of 5,489 deaths.

Source: Standard Digital April 08, 2020 05:37 UTC