U.S. reports more than 2,000 COVID-19 deaths -- Johns Hopkins University

Source: Xinhua| 2020-03-29 07:00:21|Editor: huaxia

Photo taken on March 27, 2020 shows fire engines with the U.S. Capitol building in the background in Washington D.C., the United States. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

The latest: The United States reports more than 121,000 COVID-19 cases and over 2,000 related deaths.

WASHINGTON, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The United States has reported more than 2,000 COVID-19 deaths, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE).

As of 6:40 p.m. on Saturday (2240 GMT), there were more than 121,000 confirmed cases in the United States, with 2,010 deaths, an interactive map maintained by the CSSE showed.

New York state's cases have topped 52,000, followed by the states of New Jersey and California, with 11,124 and 5,065 cases respectively, according to the update.

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