U.S. COVID-19 deaths surpassed 550,000 on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. With the national case count topping 30.3 million, the death toll across the United States rose to 550,073 as of 8:26 a.m. local time (1226 GMT), according to the CSSE data. California topped the U.S. state-level death toll list, standing at 59,030. New York reported the country's second largest death toll of 50,158, followed by Texas with 48,134 deaths and Florida with 33,247 deaths, the CSSE tally showed. States with more than 17,000 fatalities also include Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois, Georgia, Ohio, Massachusetts and Michigan. The United States remains the nation worst hit by the pandemic, with the world's highest caseload and death toll, accounting for more than 23 percent of global cases and nearly 20 percent of global deaths. U.S. COVID-19 deaths reached the grim milestone of 500,000 on Feb. 22  Also read: US tops 30 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 The Transportation Security Administration reported a new air travel record during the pandemic, with more than 1.5 million people screened at U.S. airports on Sunday. U.S. health experts warned that the busy air travel nationwide amid this spring break may be one reason behind the recent spike in new cases. Also read: Global Covid-19 cases surpass 124 million   An updated model by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington projected a total of 600,195 COVID-19 deaths in the United States by July 1, based on the current projection scenario. 

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 26 million on Saturday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

Covioronavirus has claimed lives of 265, 051 people globally as of Thursday morning.   So far, 1, 301, 725 people have recovered from COVID-19.   Of the currently infected 2, 255, 141 patients, 2,206,930 are in mild condition, which is 98 percent, according to Worldometer.   Meanwhile, 48, 211 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only two.   Since it was first reported in China in December last year, coronavirus has infected 3,821,917 people globally, the Worldometer data shows.   The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.   Meanwhile, the USA has confirmed 74,799 deaths and 1,263,092 cases while Spain reported 25,857 deaths and 253,682 cases till Thursday.   Italy, the worst-hit European country, has recorded 29,684 deaths and 214,457cases.   France, on the other hand, has reported 25,809 deaths and 174,191 cases. In the UK, authorities have reported 30,076 deaths among 201,101 confirmed cases.   The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 212 countries and territories around the world and two international conveyances.   In Bangladesh, the country has so fir confirmed 186 deaths and 11,719 coronavirus case.

A total of 462,135 COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States as of 9 p.m. EST on Thursday (0100 GMT on Friday) with a death toll of 16,513, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.