Death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 90,000 worldwide: Johns Hopkins University

Italy saw the most deaths, standing at 17,669 among 139,422 confirmed cases.

NEW YORK, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from COVID-19 exceeded 90,000 worldwide on Thursday afternoon local time, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

The fresh figure reached 90,057 as of 12:25 p.m. (1625 GMT), an interactive map maintained by the university's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) showed.

A medical worker of San Filippo Neri Hospital takes samples for further testing in Rome, Italy, April 8, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)

Italy saw the most deaths, standing at 17,669 among 139,422 confirmed cases, followed by Spain, with 15,238 deaths among 152,446 cases, the tally showed.

The United States reported 432,579 confirmed cases, the most in the world, and its death toll stood at 14,831, according to the CSSE.