The United States recorded 1,568 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 78,746, according to the latest real-time tally reported by Johns Hopkins University at 8:30 pm Saturday (0030 GMT Sunday).

Iran PressAmerica: The country, hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of the number of fatalities, has now confirmed a total of 1,309,164 cases, the Baltimore-based school reported.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that the ongoing Coronavirus crisis is worse than the attacks on Pearl Harbor in WW2 and the World Trade Center in the 9/11 attacks.

According to the World Health Organization, as the coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 212 countries and territories around the world, there are 108 potential Covid-19 vaccines in development around the world. Eight of the potential vaccines are approved for clinical trials.

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