US Covid-19 cases surpass 19 mn mark: Johns Hopkins

Washington, Dec 28 : The US, currently the hardest-hit country in the world by the Covid-19 pandemic, has reached yet another grim milestone as its overall caseload has surpassed the 19 million mark, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In its latest update on Monday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the country’s infection tally and the death toll currently stood at 19,129,368 and 333,110, respectively.
With the world’s highest cases and deaths, the US now makes up more than 23 per cent of the global caseload.
With the most cases, 2,123,163, California became the first US state to surpass the 2 million caseload mark.
Texas reported 1,668,263 cases, followed by Florida with 1,264,588 cases.
The states of Illinois and New York both registered more than 900,000 cases.