Medical workers treat a patient at the intensive care unit of the Sancaktepe Sehit Prof.Dr. Ilhan Varank Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, May 4, 2020. [Photo by Yasin Akgul/Xinhua]

The United States reported the most COVID-19 deaths at 75,852 among 1,259,777 cases.

NEW YORK -- Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 270,000 on May 8, reaching 270,537 as of 11:32 am (1532 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

A total of 3,877,914 cases have been reported from over 180 countries and regions across the world, according to the CSSE.

The United States reported the most COVID-19 deaths at 75,852 among 1,259,777 cases. Other countries with over 20,000 fatalities included Spain, Italy, Britain and France, the CSSE data showed.