Deaths due to COVID-19 approach 1.1 million
The total number of confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States broke the hundred million mark yesterday, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.
As of yesterday afternoon, the number of confirmed infections was 100,002,248 and the number of deaths due to COVID-19 had reached 1,088,218, according to the University of Baltimore.
California has recorded the most infections of any US state (11.6 million), followed by Texas (8.1 million), Florida (7.3 million) and New York (6.5 million). .), which was the focus of the health crisis in its beginnings.
The US remains by far the country hardest hit by the pandemic globally: it accounts for more than 15% of confirmed virus infections and more than 16% of recorded deaths from the disease worldwide. scale.
Cases reached 50 million in December 2021, 60 million on January 9, 2022, 70 million on January 21, 80 million on March 29, and 90 million on July 21.
The figures for infections and deaths, however, are generally considered underestimated by experts, both in the US and internationally.
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