US surpasses China in official coronavirus deaths
By Peter Sullivan - 03/31/20 01:00 PM EDT
The United States passed a grim milestone on Tuesday as it surpassed China in the official death count from the coronavirus.
The United States now has 3,415 deaths from the virus, surpassing China’s figure of 3,309, according to a tracker from Johns Hopkins University.
It's important to note that there are significant doubts about the accuracy of China’s figures.
For example, Bloomberg News reported late last week that social media photos of thousands of urns to hold the ashes of the dead in Wuhan, China were raising questions about whether the death toll there is much higher.
Still, the mounting death toll in the United States underscores how severe the pandemic has become in the country.
Trump administration health experts have put forward sobering projections of the total number of U.S. dead in recent days.
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