U.S. coronavirus death toll surpasses 1,000

The U.S. coronavirus death toll surpassed 1,000 on Wednesday. Statistics showed that 247 people died in 24 hours and 13,355 new cases recorded.


Recovery rate remains poor: 384 out of 68,211 cases.

With U.S. tailing Italy’s 74,386 cases of coronavirus, there are fears that the world’s biggest economy may soon become the new epicentre of the virus in the entire world.

There are fears that the U.S. could also surpass Italy and China’s 81,218 case records.