Total COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 38 million Tuesday, fueled by a continued surge in infections attributed primarily to the unchecked spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus.
By 11 p.m. EDT Tuesday, U.S. COVID-19 cases totaled 38,062,122, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally.
The latest figures mark the second consecutive seven-day period during which 1 million new COVID-19 cases were reported. During the nation’s winter peak, the U.S. averaged 1 million new cases every four days, according to Johns Hopkins data.
The death toll in the U.S. also rose, totaling 630,709, according to Johns Hopkins.
Meanwhile, new U.S. cases currently account for nearly 17% of the nearly 18 million global cases reported during the past 28 days, while the 18,314 virus-related U.S. deaths confirmed in the past 28 days account for only about 5% of the more than 270,000 million COVID-19 fatalities confirmed worldwide during the same period.
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India has recorded the second-highest nationwide cases with more than 32 million, resulting in more than 435,000 deaths, while Brazil has confirmed nearly 21 million cases but nearly 575,000 COVID-19 fatalities, according to the Johns Hopkins tally.
To date, 11 U.S. states have confirmed at least 1 million COVID-19 cases each, including:
- California: nearly 4.3 million cases, resulting in more than 65,000 deaths.
- Texas: nearly 3.5 million cases, resulting in more than 55,000 deaths.
- Florida: more than 3 million cases, resulting in more than 42,000 deaths.
- New York: more than 2.2 million cases, resulting in more than 54,000 deaths.
- Illinois: nearly 1.5 million cases, resulting in more than 26,000 deaths.
- Georgia: more than 1.3 million cases, resulting in more than 22,000 deaths.
- Pennsylvania: nearly 1.3 million cases, resulting in more than 28,000 deaths.
- Ohio: nearly 1.2 million cases, resulting in nearly 21,000 deaths.
- North Carolina: nearly 1.2 million cases, resulting in more than 14,000 deaths.
- New Jersey: nearly 1.1 million cases, resulting in nearly 27,000 deaths.
- Michigan: more than 1 million cases, resulting in more than 21,000 deaths.
Fifteen other states have reported at least half a million cases, including Tennessee, Arizona, Indiana, Missouri, Massachusetts, Virginia, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Minnesota, Colorado, Kentucky, Washington and Oklahoma. Meanwhile, another eight states have reported fewer than half a million cases but more than 300,000 cases, including Maryland, Utah, Arkansas, Mississippi, Iowa, Nevada, Connecticut and Kansas.
Click here to see CNN’s complete state-by-state tracker.
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