Total US COVID-19 cases surpass 34 million as death toll nears 609,000 – Action News Jax

The total number of coronavirus cases in the United States topped 34 million on Friday, illustrating an increase in cases among unvaccinated people, health officials confirmed.

As of early Saturday evening, cases in the United States totaled 34,064,815, including 18,378 new cases and 104 additional deaths reported in the previous 24 hours, according to a Johns Hopkins University Count.

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US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials confirmed Friday that an average of 26,000 daily new cases were reported nationwide over the past week, representing a 70% increase from the previous week.

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Meanwhile, cases in the United States currently represent 18% of the nearly 190 million cases worldwide, while the 608,870 virus-related deaths in the United States represent about 15% of the more than 4 million deaths due. to COVID-19 confirmed worldwide to date. India recorded the second highest national total with 19.3 million cases, resulting in more than 540,000 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins count.

To date, 11 U.S. states have confirmed at least 1 million cases of COVID-19 each, including:

• California: nearly 3.9 million cases, resulting in more than 64,000 deaths

• Texas: more than 3 million cases, leading to nearly 53,000 deaths

• Florida: nearly 2.5 million cases, resulting in more than 38,000 deaths

• new York: more than 2.1 million cases, leading to nearly 54,000 deaths

• Illinois: nearly 1.4 million cases, resulting in nearly 26,000 deaths

• Pennsylvania: more than 1.2 million cases, resulting in nearly 28,000 deaths

• Georgia: more than 1.1 million cases, resulting in nearly 22,000 deaths

• Ohio: more than 1.1 million cases, resulting in more than 20,000 deaths

• New Jersey: more than 1 million cases, resulting in nearly 27,000 deaths

• North Carolina: more than 1 million cases, leading to nearly 14,000 deaths

• Michigan: more than 1 million cases, resulting in more than 21,000 deaths

Eleven other states have reported at least half a million cases, including Arizona, Tennessee, Indiana, Massachusetts, Virginia, Wisconsin, Missouri, Minnesota, South Carolina, Colorado and Alabama. Meanwhile, 12 other states have reported less than half a million cases but more than 300,000 cases, including Louisiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Maryland, Washington, Utah, Iowa, Arkansas, Connecticut, Nevada, Mississippi and Kansas.

Click on here to see CNN’s full state-by-state tracker.

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