The US has recorded a total death toll of 20,513, surpassing Italy’s death toll of 19,468.
Cases in the US topped 530,384 on Saturday.
Spain, the European country with the most reported coronavirus infections, has confirmed 525 new deaths, the lowest daily toll since March 23, when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.
The worldwide death toll is now over 108,544, with the number of infections worldwide topping 1.77 million, including more than 401,517 recovered patients.
The governor of New York Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday the state’s death toll appeared to be stabilising.
Announcing a 24-hour figure of 783 new deaths, he noted the last several days had seen around the same number.
“That is not an all-time high, and you can see that the number is somewhat stabilising but it is stabilising at a horrific rate,” Mr Cuomo said. “These are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and pain.”
New York state has become the epicentre of the outbreak in the US, recording more than 180,458 of the country’s estimated 530,384 cases.
As of Saturday, every single US state has declared a disaster in response to the outbreak.
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As of Saturday afternoon Italy had reported 19,468 coronavirus deaths while the US had 20,513, according to the Johns Hopkins tally.
There are now at least 530,384 recorded cases of Covid-19 across the United States.
Dr Anthony Fauci, US infectious diseases chief, has said the country is “starting to see the levelling off and coming down” of cases and deaths but says mitigation efforts such as social distancing should not be pulled back yet.
Federal social distancing recommendations, issued by President Donald Trump, are currently in place until 30 April.
The president is facing twin pressures from the outbreak: with at least 16 million jobs lost in recent weeks as virus restrictions cripple the country’s economy.
He said on Friday that a new council, made up of business and medical figures, would be announced next week to help him with the “biggest decision I’ve ever had to make” on when to relax measures.
It comes as Congress continues to spar over the next stage of Covid-19 financial relief.
Democrats want a new proposed $250bn (£200bn) bill to help small businesses to also allow for additional funding for hospitals and local governments.
But on Saturday the two top Republicans in Congress, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, rejected the demand.
In a statement they described the move as a “reckless threat” which blocked “job-saving funding”.
