U.S. confirmed COVID-19 cases top 70,000: Johns Hopkins University

NEW YORK, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 70,000 as of 1:45 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Thursday (1745 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

The fresh figure reached 75,233 with 1,070 deaths, the CSSE said.