The number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States topped 100,000 on Wednesday, reaching 100,047 as of 5.32 pm (2132 GMT), reported Xinhua news agency, based on data from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

A total of 1,695,776 cases have been reported in the country, according to the CSSE.

New York, the country's worst-hit state in the pandemic, reported 364,965 cases and 29,370 deaths.

New Jersey, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Illinois each reported over 5,000 deaths, the CSSE data showed.

--BERNAMA