United States has surpassed the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths, the world’s highest.
It reached the mark on Tuesday night as figures rolled in from the states.
John Hopkins University estimated the death toll at 98,902 deaths as at 01:30GMT on Wednesday.
But data company Dadax which runs worldometers.info said 100,579 people have died.
On Tuesday alone, fresh infections were 19,049 , while fresh deaths were 774.
U.S. caseload of infections is now 1,725,275 and still counting.
President Trump has been accused of causing the carnage, by not taking action when he should have.
Latest count of confirmed #COVID19 cases worldwide at 0100 GMT, May 27 World: 5,588,299
U.S.: 1,680,625
Brazil: 391,222
Russia: 362,342
UK: 266,599
Spain: 236,259
Italy: 230,555
France: 182,847
Germany: 181,200
Turkey: 158,762
India: 150,793 (Data: Johns Hopkins University)
Update of Covid-19 top new cases in Africa
Egypt: 789 new cases
South Africa: 649 new cases
Cameroon: 546 new cases
Nigeria: 276 new cases
Ghana: 156 new cases
Sudan: 156 new cases
Algeria: 194 new cases
DRC: 106 new cases
Gabon: 103 new cases
Madagascar: 44 new cases