New York is the American city most affected by coronavirus. (File)
Washington:
The United States recorded 1,225 deaths from coronavirus on Friday, bringing its total to 102,798 since the start of the global pandemic, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University.
The country has officially registered 1,745,606 global virus cases, far more than any other country, the University of Baltimore tracker showed at 8:30 p.m. (00:30 GMT Saturday).
The latest numbers came when President Donald Trump said he was severing U.S. ties to the World Health Organization, accusing him of not doing enough to curb the initial spread of the new coronavirus and d be too forgiving with China, where the epidemic started last year.
Trump suspended funding for the WHO last month. So far, the United States has been by far the largest contributor to the United Nations agency, having donated $ 400 million last year.
Meanwhile, the states and communities of the United States continued their gradual reopening.
New York, the US city most affected by coronavirus, is “on track” to begin reopening the week of June 8, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday.
