U.S. coronavirus death toll passes 60,000

The United States just passed 60,000 confirmed deaths from the novel coronavirus, a benchmark that previous projections said the country would not likely reach until August.

Just two weeks after impeached and manifestly unfit President Donald Trump said the U.S. would "probably" suffer a total of 60 to 65 thousand coronavirus related deaths in total, the country has already exceeded 60,000 deaths, according to data from John Hopkins University.

The outbreak is not over.

Here are the daily United States COVID-19 numbers for the United States, from @The COVID Tracking Project:

Newly reported deaths:
Today: 2,700*
Yesterday: 2,198
1 week ago (4/22): 2,037

Newly reported cases:
Today: 28,000
Yesterday: 24,000
4/22: 28,000

Newly reported tests:
Today: 230,000
Yesterday: 202,000
4/22: 314,000

Share of tests positive:
Today: 12%
Yesterday: 12%
4/22: 9%

* New high

Our daily update is published. We've now tracked 6 million tests, up 230k from yesterday. A very strong testing day!

Note that we can only track tests that a state reports.

For details, see: https://t.co/PZrmH4bl5Y pic.twitter.com/unud8dTHIU

- The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) April 29, 2020

However, the death toll also reached a new daily high of 2,700. The cumulative number of deaths in our dataset have reached over 55,000.

That does not include 5,302 probable COVID-19 deaths reported by New York City but not New York State. pic.twitter.com/mhQucj2n7V

- The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) April 29, 2020