The United States of America recorded nearly 2,000 novel coronavirus deaths for the second day in a row, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University as of 8:30 pm Wednesday.
The tally placed the death toll at a record-breaking figure of 1,973.
These deaths for Wednesday is slightly higher than that of the previous day’s toll of 1,939.
Currently, the total number of US deaths to 14,695.
As of today, the US death toll now tops that of Spain, which has suffered 14,555 deaths, however, has not surpassed Italy, whose toll stands at 17,669.
