Washington, Jan 10 : As the US is still struggling to contain the raging coronavirus pandemic, the country’s overall infection tally has surpassed the 22 million mark, while the death toll increased to over 372,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the country’s caseload and death toll currently stood at 22,110,203 and 372,152, respectively.
The US is the worst hit country by the pandemic, with the world’s most number of cases and deaths, making up more than 24 per cent of the global caseload and over 19 per cent of the worldwide fatalities.
On Saturday, California reported 2,649,119 cases, followed by Texas with 1,943,625 cases and Florida with 1,464,697 cases, according to the CSSE data.
The states of New York and Illinois both registered more than 1 million cases.
Other states with over 550,000 cases include Ohio, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, North Carolina, Arizona, Michigan and Indiana.
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