U.S. COVID-19 deaths top 8,000

A total of 8,098 people have died of the pandemic among 297,575 confirmed cases in the country, the CSSE said.

NEW YORK, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The total number of deaths of COVID-19 in the United States topped 8,000 as of 2:30 p.m. Saturday local time (1830 GMT), according to the data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

Social distancing markers to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, are seen outside a food distribution center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, on April 3, 2020. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)

A total of 8,098 people have died of the pandemic among 297,575 confirmed cases in the country, the CSSE said.

The state of New York suffered most deaths in the country, which stood at 3,565. Among other hard-hit states, New Jersey reported 846 fatalities and Michigan recorded 479 deaths, according to the CSSE data.