US virus death toll rises to over 120,000

The United States has passed the grim benchmark of 120,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak when it added another 425 fatalities in 24 hours, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University. The world's largest economy is the hardest-hit country by the pandemic, with more than 2.31 million official cases - out of which about 640,000 people have fully recovered, according to the Baltimore-based institution. The...