Washington: Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering reports Covid19 worldwide death toll crosses 40,000 as of 2.30 pm EST Tuesday.
The total death toll reported Tuesday is 40,708, with with more than 826,000 confirmed cases, while more than 174,000 people have recovered from the disease, an interactive map maintained by the CSSE showed.
The United States reported the highest number of Covid patients which have exceeded 170,000, while Italy, the second nation with more than 100,000 cases, has seen the most deaths, now standing at 12,428, according to the update.
In the United States, New York state has reported both the most cases and the most deaths, which have respectively topped 75,000 and 1,550.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, in a press conference on Tuesday, said that the state will hit the peak of its COVID-19 spread in seven to 21 days.
