The US COVID-19 Tracking Project said the country suffered an average of 120,000 new cases every day in the past week.
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In the United States, which has the highest case tally of any country, infection numbers are nearing six million, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University updated on Sunday night.
Some 77,300 new infections were recorded during that period, the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic.
The US leads the world by far in coronavirus cases, trailed by Brazil, Russia and Britain, each of which have recorded fewer than one million confirmed cases.
It has seen more fatalities than any other country, while its 1.69 million confirmed infections account for about 30 per cent of the worldwide total
The worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus passed 250,000 on Friday – increasing by over 100,000 deaths since April 17 – according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The death toll from COVID-19 reached nearly 60,200 in the US on Wednesday, and confirmed cases surpassed 1 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The US suffered the most fatalities
The death toll has doubled since April 11, indicating a sharp uptick even as there are emerging signs that the rate of infection has started to flatten in key areas, including New York
Italy, the hardest-hit country in Europe with a population a fifth the size of the US, was also approaching the grim milestone with 19,468 declared virus fatalities
This was part of the figures released on Wednesday by the John Hopkins University, which has been keeping a tab on the spread of the disease worldwide
The death toll from the new coronavirus in the United States passed the 10,000 mark on Monday, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University.
Confirmed Coronavirus Disease cases have hit the one million mark according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
This comes amid the rise in cases in the United States of America, where the number has risen beyond that of China, where the COVID-19 broke out late 2019
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