US Coronavirus death toll nears 117,000

More than 2,148,600 people in the United States have been infected with the coronavirus and at least 116,900 have died, according to a New York Times database.

Iran Press/America: Though the number of new deaths has been curving downward, the virus continues to circulate widely within the United States. As states move to partly reopen their economies, thousands of new cases are still being identified each day and true normalcy remains a distant vision. 

As states move to partly reopen their economies, thousands of new cases are still being identified each day and true normalcy remains a distant vision.

These states have had recent growth in newly reported cases over the last 14 days.

The global death toll nears  445,986 with 8,257,885 confirmed cases, according to the World Health Organization.

COVID-19 was first detected in China's Wuhan in late December and has since spread across the world. 

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