Global COVID-19 deaths surpass 280,000 -- Johns Hopkins University

Source: Xinhua| 2020-05-11 01:15:17|Editor: huaxia

The United States reported the most COVID-19 deaths at 78,932 among 1,314,799 cases.

NEW YORK, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 280,000 on Sunday, reaching 280,507 as of 12:32 p.m. (1632 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

A total of 4,067,112 cases have been reported from over 180 countries and regions across the world, according to the CSSE.

A firefighter hugs Samantha Giambalvo (R), a traveling nurse from Alabama who has been working in New York since April 6, as firefighters and residents show appreciation for healthcare workers at NYU Langone Medical Center amid the COVID-19 outbreak in New York, the United States, May 9, 2020. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)

The United States reported the most COVID-19 deaths at 78,932 among 1,314,799 cases. Other countries with over 20,000 fatalities included Spain, Italy, Britain and France, the CSSE data showed.

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