Global death toll from coronavirus crosses 27,000

The global death toll from novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has risen to 27,251.

The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in the United States hit 101,000 early on Saturday, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally, with the number of fatalities close to 1,700. 

Italy, meanwhile, announced 919 new deaths from coronavirus, the highest number of fatalities any country has reported in the space of 24 hours since the outbreak began late last year.

The total number of people who have died as a result of COVID-19 in Italy now stands at 9,134. The number of cases also continue to rise, hitting more than 86,000.

Further dashing hopes that Europe is containing the pandemic, Spain recorded 769 new deaths in a daily, bringing the total number to 4,858.

Worldwide, the cases have reached more than 595,800 of which about 131,000 have recovered.



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