MORE than 100,000 people have died of Covid-19 in the United States.
This according to Johns Hopkins University.
It means that the US has more Covid-19 deaths than any other country in the world.
The US has 1.69 million confirmed infections which account for about 30% of the worldwide total.
The first US infection was reported in Washington state on January 21.
Globally there have been 5.6 million people recorded as infected and 353,414 deaths since the virus emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, the BBC is reporting.
