By AFP More by this AuthorWashingtonThe coronavirus pandemic killed 691 people in the United States over the past 24 hours, the lowest number in a week, figures from Johns Hopkins University showed on Sunday. There have been a total of 110,482 deaths in the country and 1,938,842 cases, the Baltimore-based institutions' real-time tracker reported at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Sunday). Both the number of cases and death toll are by far the highest in the world. EUROPEAN COUNTRIESOn a per capita basis, however, several European countries – including France, Italy and Spain – have a higher death toll. While the United States was suffering around 3,000 deaths a day in mid-April, that number has declined to around 1,000 deaths and 20,000 new cases a day at present.

Source: Daily Nation June 08, 2020 01:30 UTC