Worldwide death toll from new coronavirus surpasses 101,000

AKIPRESS.COM - The worldwide death toll from the new coronavirus has surpassed 102,000 amid about 1.69 million cases and more than 376,000 recoveries. Italy has registered the highest number of COVID-19 deaths, more than 18,800 as of Friday, while the United States has reported the majority of confirmed infections, nearly half a million.
However, the number of newly hospitalised patients in the hardest-hit state of New York has dropped to a one percent increase.