This archive report was first published on 19 May 2020.
As of May 19, 2020, the United States has become the country with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths and cases worldwide, according to a running tally from Johns Hopkins University.
With over 90,000 reported deaths and 1.5 million confirmed cases, the US has surpassed other countries in terms of the total number of cases and deaths.
However, several countries, including Belgium, Spain, Britain, Italy, and Sweden, have recorded more fatal cases per capita, according to the statistical website Worldometer.
New York state accounts for nearly a third of US deaths, with over 28,300 linked to COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins.
By June 6, the US could reach around 112,000 deaths, according to an average of 20 epidemiological models analyzed by the University of Massachusetts.
