Coronavirus updates: US reaches 100,000 deaths
Coronavirus updates: US reaches 100,000 deaths
MORGAN WINSOR, EMILY SHAPIRO and MEREDITH DELISO
,Good Morning America•May 27, 2020
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5:52 p.m.: 100,000 lives lost to pandemic in US
Four months after the U.S. suffered its first COVID-19 death, the U.S. death toll from the pandemic has passed the 100,000 mark.
By March 27, the coronavirus had claimed the lives of 2,300 Americans, according to Johns Hopkins University.
On April 27, the death toll had ballooned to 50,400. Now, a month later, the death toll has doubled to reach six figures.
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PHOTO: A man walks by a memorial for those who have died from the novel coronavirus outside Green-Wood Cemetery on May 27, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)More
The U.S. has by far the most deaths from the virus. The United Kingdom has the second-most deaths with over 37,500, while Italy has 33,000.
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