US Covid daily death toll surpasses 2,700, highest since April: monitor
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In this file photo taken on November 20, 2020 A healthcare professional suits up with PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to enter a Covid-19 patient's room in the ICU at Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert, Ohio on November 20, 2020. /AFP

The US death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 2,700 in one day as of Wednesday evening, the highest since April, Johns Hopkins University said.

The new tally of 2,731 fatalities raises the overall known death toll in America to 273,181 since the pandemic started late last year.

The number of new infections over the past 24 hours was 195,121, the university said.