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US coronavirus death toll tops 50K

By Zach Halaschak
Published April 24, 2020 5:17pm ET
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US coronavirus death toll tops 50K
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The United States surpassed 50,000 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday, as parts of the country began to reopen their economies.

Since the pandemic began, there have been almost 875,000 confirmed cases and at least 50,100 deaths in the country. Nearly 4.7 million COVID-19 tests have been completed, and about 81,000 people have recovered from the respiratory illness, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker.

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