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U.S. coronavirus death toll passes 37,000, confirmed cases over 700,000

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U.S. coronavirus deaths rose above 37,000 on Saturday, according to https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/, as some states were expected to announce timetables for lifting restrictions aimed at blunting the pandemic.

The United States got some good news on Thursday when the number of new deaths declined after setting record high increases two days in a row. Total U.S. deaths were at 37,158 on Saturday.

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The number of deaths linked to the novel coronavirus has hit almost 154,000 worldwide, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally, while Reuters news agency reported that the total number of infections in the United States has hit 700,000, up more than 30,000 from the previous day with few states still not reporting.

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Meanwhile, Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 3,609 to 137,439, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday, marking a fourth straight day of a spike in new infections.

The death toll has risen by 242 to 4,110, the tally showed.

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