United States coronavirus death toll crosses 32,000: Report

The confirmed coronavirus death toll in the United States raised to  32,917 on Thursday, according to a report by Johns Hopkins University.

The toll as of 8:30 pm reported an expansion of 4,491 deaths in the past days, by far the highest everyday death toll in the pandemic so far.

But the number likely includes deaths related to COVID-19, which not previously covered.

This week, New York City declared it would add 3,778 coronavirus deaths.

As of Thursday night, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had reported 31,071 coronavirus deaths, including 4,141 virus deaths.

The US has a high death toll in the world, followed by Italy with 22,170 dead although its population is just a fifth of that of the US.

More than 667,800 coronavirus cases have been reported in the United States, which has seen a report number of deaths over the past two days.

New York, the hotspot of the country’s COVID-19 epidemic, has suffered more than 12,000 deaths across the state alone.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump revealed plans Thursday evening to reopen the US economy, allowing each state’s governor “to take a phased planned approach to reopen their states.”