U.S. Passes 6 Million COVID-19 Cases; 25 Million Cases Worldwide
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U.S. Surpasses Six Million Reported Covid-19 CasesThe U.S. surpassed six million confirmed coronavirus cases, roughly three weeks after the toll reached five million.
While this reflects a slowdown in the number of new daily reported cases, though those figures still remain elevated compared to June. The last million cases were reported over a period of around 2 1/2 weeks.
The U.S. reported more than 35,000 new cases for Sunday, the smallest daily increase since Aug. 23, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. death toll topped 183,000.
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Coronavirus tally: Global cases of COVID-19 25.2 million, 846,655 deaths and U.S. case tally nears 6 millionThe global tally for confirmed cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 climbed to 25.2 million on Monday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, while the death toll rose to 846,655. At least 16.6 million people have recovered. The U.S. has the highest tallies in the world with 5.99 million cases and 183,068 deaths. President Donald Trump retweeted a conspiracy theory over the weekend that the death toll is much lower and that criticized two of the leading experts on his own White House Task Force, Dr. Anthony...
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U.S. tops 6 million coronavirus casesThe United States on Monday topped 6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. has reported a million more coronavirus cases and about 21,000 more deaths in just the past three weeks.
The grim milestone continues a trend that sees the U.S. reporting far more confirmed cases and higher numbers of coronavirus-related deaths than any other country in the world. Brazil and India both have more than 3.5 million cases and Russia has nearly 1 million, though critics have cast doubt...
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