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US records 1,297 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins
WASHINGTON, May 29, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The United States recorded 1,297 coronavirus deaths on Thursday, bringing its total to 101,573 since the global pandemic began, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
The country has also officially logged 1,720,613 cases of the virus, far more than any other nation, the tracker kept by the Baltimore-based university showed at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Friday).
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