The United States recorded 776 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 79,522, according to the real-time tally by Johns Hopkins University at 8:30 pm Sunday (0030 GMT Monday).

The figure was the lowest daily tally since March, with 24-hour totals in recent weeks ranging from 1,000 to 2,500.

The country — hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of the number of fatalities — has now confirmed a total of 1,329,072 cases, the Baltimore-based school reported.