The United States today surpassed 120,000 COVID-19 deaths.
There were 120,351 coronavirus deaths in the U.S. as of 2 p.m. Hawaii time, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
That’s about 20,000 more deaths than on May 27, when the number of U.S. virus fatalities reached 100,000.
New York continues to have the highest death toll (31,176) of any state, followed by New Jersey (12,974), Massachusetts (7,873), Pennsylvania (6,426) and Michigan (6,097).
Brazil has had the most coronavirus deaths (51,228) outside the U.S., followed by the United Kingdom (42,731), Italy (34,657) and France (29,666).
Worldwide, just over 470,000 people have died from the virus, and more than 9 million have tested positive.
The virus has spread to 188 countries — or about 96% of the nations on Earth.
There have been more than 2.3 million cases in the U.S.
The first COVID-19 case in the U.S. was on Jan. 22.
On March 1, there were 98 confirmed cases in the U.S. On March 15, there were about 4,600 cases.
By April 1, the number rose to more than 243,000 as testing efforts increased nationally. On April 15, there were 636,000 cases. By May 1 there were 1.1 million, and by June 1 there were 1.8 million.
Hawaii, with 816 confirmed cases, has had the third-fewest in the U.S. Only Alaska (758) and Montana (734) have had fewer.
Worldwide, more than 4.4 million people have recovered from the virus, including more than 640,000 in the U.S.
