Over 13000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in US, fatalities 200

The number of cases of COVID-19 in the United States has reached 13,680 and 200 people have died so far, said John Hopkins University on Friday.

A day earlier, the university reported about 9,345 confirmed cases, with 150 fatalities.

The state of Washington is the worst-hit US region where 74 people died of COVID-19.

The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11. More than 240,000 people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 9,800 fatalities.