HealthHOMEWorld US Covid-19 deaths top 140,000 19/07/2020 People wearing face masks cross a street in Washington, D.C., the United States, on July 17, 2020. The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 3.6 million on Friday, reaching 3,604,408 as of 12:34 p.m. local time (1634 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. New York, (Samajweekly) US Covid-19 deaths have surpassed the 140,000 mark to reach 140,103, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, Xinhua reported.