A woman walks down the stairs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 'The Met' on May 4, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: AFP)

The United States recorded 1,635 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 77,178, according to the latest real-time tally Friday reported by Johns Hopkins University.

The country -- hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of the number of fatalities -- has now confirmed a total of 1,283,829 cases, the Baltimore-based school reported.