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A worker moves part of a delivery of 64 hospital beds from Hillrom to The Mount Sinai Hospital, during the Covid-19 outbreak, in Manhattan, New York City, US, on March 31, 2020. — Picture by REUTERS

US Covid-19 cases top 1.5 million as death toll exceeds 90,000

NEW YORK, May 19 — The number of Covid-19 cases in the United States topped 1.5 million on Monday, reaching 1,500,753 as of 4.03 pm (2003 GMT), reported Xinhua news agency, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

Meanwhile, the national death toll of Covid-19 rose to 90,312, according to the CSSE.

— Bernama

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