Global death toll from coronavirus tops 82000

The novel coronavirus has infected more than 1.4 million people worldwide as the global death toll from COVID-19 exceeded 82,000 on Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University.

By 0330 GMT on Wednesday, the death toll worldwide stood at 82,119 as the global tally of cases reached 1,430,141, while more than 301,130 people have recovered, an interactive map maintained by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering showed.

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Nearly 2,000 people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in the United States in the last 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University as of 0030 GMT Wednesday.

The record daily count of 1,939 deaths brings the total in the United States to 12,722, a figure coming close to those in such worst-hit countries as Italy and Spain, whose death toll stood at 17,127 and 13,798, respectively.

The U.S. state of New York lost 731 lives to COVID-19 from Monday to Tuesday, bringing the state’s death toll to 5,489 while marking the deadliest 24 hours yet since the pandemic took hold, said Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday.

“Behind every one of those numbers is an individual, is a family, is a mother, is a father, is a sister, is a brother. So a lot of pain again today for many New Yorkers, and they’re in our thoughts and prayers,” said Cuomo at his daily briefing on coronavirus.