Coronavirus sucks the life out of 102,000 humans across the worldA mural in Havana, Cuba, by artist Yuriel Pena titled Marcha Hacia la Oscuridad, or Move Toward Darkness, in the patio of a home, seen on Friday,The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus surged past 102,000 Friday. More than 1.6 millon are infected wih the deadly virus that emerged in Wuhan in China in December. Also, 3,216 have died in Hubei province, where Wuhan is the capital. Worldwide, the number of deaths hit another sad milestone, as tallied by Johns Hopkins University, while confirmed infections reached about 1.7 million. As of Friday, the New York metropolitan area accounted for more than half the nation’s over 18,000 deaths, with other hot spots in places such as Detroit, Louisiana and Washington, D.C.-AP/The Standard

Source: The Standard April 11, 2020 01:07 UTC