Coronavirus: Total US COVID-19 cases top 65M; Florida becomes 3rd state to top 5M infections

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The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 65 million on Friday, with nearly 14.2 million new coronavirus infections reported during the past 28 days.

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Meanwhile, Florida on Sunday became only the third U.S. state to surpass 5 million cumulative COVID-19 infections since the pandemic began, trailing only California and Texas with more than 6.8 million and nearly 5.5 million total cases, respectively.

According to the tally, 10 million new COVID-19 cases have been reported nationwide since Jan. 2, and 13 million new cases have been confirmed in the three weeks since Christmas.

By late Saturday afternoon, U.S. COVID-19 cases totaled 65,342,285, and the nationwide death toll neared 850,000, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally.

Meanwhile, global cases have surpassed 325 million, resulting in more than 5.5 million virus-related fatalities worldwide. New U.S. COVID-19 infections reported within the past 28 days now account for roughly 28% of the nearly 50 million cases confirmed globally during the same four-week period, according to Johns Hopkins data.

France and the United Kingdom are the next-closest nations in terms of surging COVID-19 diagnoses, with nearly 5.1 million and nearly 4 million new cases, respectively, confirmed within the past 28 days, according to the Johns Hopkins tally.

Meanwhile, cumulative COVID-19 cases in New York have swelled to more than 4.4 million and Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia and North Carolina have each reported more than 2 million cases since the pandemic began.

The following 14 other states have confirmed at least 1 million cases:

  • Michigan: Nearly 2 million cases, resulting in nearly 31,000 deaths.
  • New Jersey: Nearly 2 million cases, resulting in nearly 31,000 deaths.
  • Arizona: Nearly 1.6 million cases, resulting in more than 25,000 deaths.
  • Tennessee: More than 1.5 million cases, resulting in more than 21,000 deaths.
  • Massachusetts: More than 1.4 million cases, resulting in nearly 21,000 deaths.
  • Indiana: More than 1.4 million cases, resulting in more than 20,000 deaths.
  • Virginia: Nearly 1.4 million cases, resulting in nearly 16,000 deaths.
  • Wisconsin: Nearly 1.3 million cases, resulting in nearly 12,000 deaths.
  • Missouri: Nearly 1.2 million cases, resulting in nearly 17,000 deaths.
  • South Carolina: Nearly 1.2 million cases, resulting in nearly 15,000 deaths.
  • Minnesota: More than 1.1 million cases, resulting in nearly 11,000 deaths.
  • Colorado: More than 1.1 million cases, resulting in nearly 11,000 deaths.
  • Washington: More than 1 million cases, resulting in more than 10,000 deaths.
  • Alabama: More than 1 million cases, resulting in nearly 17,000 deaths.

Twelve other states have reported at least half a million cases, including Louisiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma, Utah, Arkansas, Connecticut, Mississippi, Iowa, Kansas, Nevada and Oregon.

The complete state-by-state tracker can be viewed on CNN.

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