Nations and regions have reported a total of 40,636 deaths from COVID-19, along with more than 823,000 confirmed cases.
WASHINGTON, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from COVID-19 has passed 40,000 worldwide, according to the tally from Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) on Tuesday.
As of 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1730 GMT), nations and regions have reported a total of 40,636 deaths from COVID-19, along with more than 823,000 confirmed cases, an interactive map maintained by the CSSE showed.
The U.S. Navy Ship (USNS) Comfort sails toward Pier 90 in New York, the United States, on March 30, 2020. The U.S. Navy Ship (USNS) Comfort arrived in New York City on Monday, bringing 1,000 hospital beds to help relieve the city's overwhelmed hospital system amid COVID-19 pandemic. (Jie Fischer/NAPA/Handout via Xinhua)
The United States has the most cases in the world, which have exceeded 175,000, while Italy, the second nation with more than 100,000 cases, has the most deaths, now standing at 12,428. ■
