NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The worldwide COVID-19 death toll surpassed 250,000 on Monday, data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows.
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At least 251,059 people around the globe have now died of complications related to the novel coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins' COVID-19 Dashboard, which was last updated at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
There were 3,578,301 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases as of Monday evening, including 1,178,906 in the U.S. — the country with the highest number of confirmed cases by far — 218,011 in Spain and 211,938 in Italy.
New York City has been hit harder than any other place in the U.S., according to the data.
As of Sunday evening, a total of 170,534 people in the five boroughs had tested positive for COVID-19, data released by the city's health department on Monday shows.
The city on Monday also reported a total of 13,536 confirmed deaths and 5,373 probable deaths.
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