US COVID-19 deaths top 300,000: Johns Hopkins University

Medical workers transport a patient at George Washington University Hospital in Washington D.C., the United States, on April 27, 2020. Photo: Ting Shen/Xinhua

US COVID-19 deaths reached 300,267, according to Johns Hopkins University. Total confirmed cases in the country have been 16,351,259 as of 2:26 pm US Eastern Time on Monday.