The coronavirus death toll in the United States – the country with the most fatalities in the pandemic – has climbed by 2,751 in the past 24 hours, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University.
The US has recorded more than 800,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to the Baltimore-based university, with 44,845 deaths.
Nearly 40,000 new cases were reported between Monday at 8:30pm local time, and Tuesday at the same time, the university said.
A residential-care facility in Tokyo for babies and toddlers reported eight cases of coronavirus infections, local media said.
One staff member at the institution had tested positive for the virus on April 16, prompting a test of its residents, Kyodo News said.
None of the eight children who tested positive were showing major symptoms such as a fever, Kyodo said.
