The worldwide death toll topped 277,000 on Saturday, with the United States recording more than 78,000 deaths, the highest of any country in the world.
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus across the globe surpassed 4 million on Saturday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The numbers come nearly 90 days after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a „pandemic“ on March 11, when there were 118,000 confirmed cases and 4,000 had died.
The worldwide death toll topped 277,000 on Saturday, with the United States recording more than 78,000 deaths, the highest of any country in the world. There have been at least 1.3 million cases of the coronavirus in the U. S.
On Saturday, the Food and Drug Administration announced emergency authorization for antigen tests, which it said will be key for reopening the country.
