Death toll in US cross 50,000-mark

The death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic in the US crossed the 50,000-mark on Friday, according to Johns Hopkins University. It is one of the highest recorded numbers of death anywhere in the world since the pandemic began in central China's Wuhan city last year. In the last 24 hours until Friday morning, as many as 3,176 people died from the coronavirus in the US, according to a tally compiled by the university from government figures. The spike comes after parts of the US reopened after weeks of lockdown that has crippled the world's largest economy.