US Covid-19 death toll tops 41,000

The number of coronavirus-related deaths in the US has now surpassed 41,000, according to Johns Hopkins.

The US university – which has been tracking the outbreak since shortly after it erupted in China late last year – says there are now more than 746,000 confirmed infections across America, with the New York state being the worst-hit.

On Sunday, protesters took to the streets in states across the US, demanding that governors reopen economies shut by the pandemic.

BBC