COVID-19 death toll in United States breaks Record

Washington, Dec 10 (Bureau)- The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the United States has broken a record, surpassing the 3,000 daily death mark.

At least 3,011 people have died of coronavirus in the country in the past 24 hours, it said. The New York Times reported citing officials. The record of last week was 2,760 daily deaths. According to Johns Hopkins University, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States stands at 15,379,574, with 289,283 deaths and 5,889,896 recoveries.