Coronavirus latest: US death toll tops 100,000, highest in the world

Unthinkable just four months ago, the United States on Wednesday surpassed the grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths, as the pandemic tightened its grip on Latin America.With the European Union unveiling a massive recovery plan to step up its emergence from the crisis, the catastrophic US figure was a reminder of the devastation being wreaked across the ocean all over the hard-hit Americas.Confirmed US deaths stood at 100,396, with almost 1.7 million infections, according to the tally…

Read the original article at South China Morning Post