US COVID-19 cases surge past 9 million
31 October, 2020
THE UNITED STATES now has 9 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus, according to data published by Johns Hopkins University, as infections continue steadily to rise in nearly every state.
It took two weeks to attain the mark from 8 million, the speediest jump of just one 1 million yet. It had taken more than three weeks for the full total to go up from 7 million to 8 million.
Confirmed US cases are increasing in 47 states. Deaths are up 14 % over the past two weeks, averaging a lot more than 800 each day. The virus has killed a lot more than 229,000 Americans.
There was also an archive number of new cases for another day in a row. On Friday, the tally topped 94,000 infections in a day, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The country, which includes seen a resurgence of its Covid-19 outbreak since mid-October, recorded 94,125 new cases in the 24 hours up to 8.30 pm Friday (0030 GMT Saturday), according to a real-time count by the Baltimore-based school.
That broke the record greater than 91,000 cases set just one single day earlier.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
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