WASHINGTON: The number of novel coronavirus cases in the United States has crossed 7 million on Thursday – more than 20% of the world’s total.
The latest milestone comes just days after the nation surpassed over 200,000 COVID-19 deaths, the world’s highest death toll from the virus.
Each day, over 700 people are dying in the United States from COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins University.
California leads the country with over 800,000 total cases, followed by Texas, Florida and New York.
All Midwest states except Ohio reported more cases in the past four weeks as compared with the prior four weeks, led by South Dakota and North Dakota.
South Dakota had the biggest percentage increase at 166% with 8,129 new cases, while North Dakota’s new cases doubled to 8,752 as compared to 4,243 during the same time in August.
According to a Reuters analysis, positive cases rose in half of the 50 US states this month. Ten states have reported a record one-day increase in COVID-19 cases in September.
New cases rose last week after falling for eight consecutive weeks. Health experts believe this spike was due to reopening schools and universities as well as parties over the recent Labor Day holiday.
Broke out in Wuhan City of China in last December, the coronavirus pandemic has killed 987,742 and infected 32,413,887 people so far globally, according to the latest figures collated by Worldometer.
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