US virus death toll climbs by 2,073 in 24 hours: Report

The country -- hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of the number of fatalities -- has now confirmed a total of 1,227,430 cases, the Baltimore-based school reported.

The United States recorded 2,073 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 73,095, according to the latest real-time tally Wednesday reported by Johns Hopkins University.

People wearing masks walk past an American flag painted on a building during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Ocean Beach, California, US, May 6, 2020. (Reuters file photo)

The country -- hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of the number of fatalities -- has now confirmed a total of 1,227,430 cases, the Baltimore-based school reported.