16 May 2020, Kathmandu
America, the worst-hit in terms of both deaths and infection cases, has reported 1,572 deaths in the last 24 hours taking the total to 88, 484.
According to the latest figures collated by Worldometer, with 26, 368 new cases, the number of infection cases has surged to 1,483,961 as of Saturday morning.
Currently, 1,069, 363 coronavirus patients are undergoing treatment at various hospitals across America, of which 16,135 are critical. Meanwhile, 326, 114 have recovered after treatment.
New York is the worst-hit with 27, 574 deaths followed by New Jersey and Massachusetts with 10,150 and 5,592 deaths, respectively.
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had declared Coronavirus a Public Health Emergency on January 31 in the US.
Broke out in Wuhan City of China last December, the deadly virus has spread to 213 countries including two international conveyances across the world, killing 308,131 and infecting 4,621,082 people as of Saturday morning.
