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US coronavirus deaths top 40,000: Johns Hopkins University

Published April 20, 2020
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 19: A casket is moved to a van outside of a funeral home in the heavily Orthodox Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn which has scene a large number of deaths due to the coronavirus on April 19, 2020 in New York City. Hospitals in New York City, which have been especially hard hit by the coronavirus, are just beginning to see a slowdown of COVID-19 cases. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 19: A casket is moved to a van outside of a funeral home in the heavily Orthodox Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn which has scene a large number of deaths due to the coronavirus on April 19, 2020 in New York City. Hospitals in New York City, which have been especially hard hit by the coronavirus, are just beginning to see a slowdown of COVID-19 cases. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
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The number of deaths from the new coronavirus in the United States topped 40,000 on Sunday, AFP reported, citing a running tally by Johns Hopkins University.

It showed the number of fatalities countrywide at 40,585, with almost half of them in New York state.

A casket is moved to a van outside of a funeral home in the heavily orthodox Borough Park neighbourhood of Brooklyn which has scene a large number of deaths due to the coronavirus, on April 19, 2020 in New York City. Hospitals in New York City, which have been especially hard hit by the coronavirus, are just beginning to see a slowdown of Covid-19 cases. — AFP
A casket is moved to a van outside of a funeral home in the heavily orthodox Borough Park neighbourhood of Brooklyn which has scene a large number of deaths due to the coronavirus, on April 19, 2020 in New York City. Hospitals in New York City, which have been especially hard hit by the coronavirus, are just beginning to see a slowdown of Covid-19 cases. — AFP

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