More than 5,000 people have died in the United States due to the coronavirus epidemic, which has infected more than 215,000 people in the country, announced on Thursday the Johns Hopkins University, whose assessments are authoritative.
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At 2:35 GMT on Thursday, a total of 215,417 people were infected in the United States and 5,116 of them died, the university said on its website. In 24 hours, 884 people succumbed to the Covid-19 in the country, which is a new daily record.