US death toll in coronavirus outbreak surpasses 90,000
by Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times
May 18, 2020
2 minutes
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 climbed over 90,000 on Monday as more states and cities announced plans to slowly reopen their economies and test their residents.
The number of confirmed cases nationwide neared 1.5 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, which has been tracking infections and deaths. Experts have cautioned that cases and death tolls likely undercount the real cost of the coronavirus outbreak.
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