US reports over 58,000 new Covid-19 cases (Ld)

Washington, Oct 20 : Amid an ongoing resurgence, the US, currently the worst-hit country by the Covid-19 pandemic, has reported a total of 58,387 new cases, taking the overall infection tally to 8,210,849, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Besides the new cases on Monday, the US also reported an additional 445 fatalities, which the increased the death toll to 220,095.
The totals include cases from 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.
Monday’s figure was lower than the more than 70,000 new single day coronavirus cases reported a day earlier.
The new daily case count has set a new record high since July 31.
Daily confirmed cases have been surpassing 45,000 since October 7, according to CDC data, with cases over 50,000 five times since last week.