US reaches 2 million coronavirus cases
The US now has more than 2 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to tracking numbers from the Johns Hopkins University and Medicine Coronavirus Research Center, bringing the country to a somber milestone in the global pandemic. As of early Thursday, there have been nearly 113,000 deaths, more than 533,000 people have recovered and over 21 million have been tested across the nation.
The news comes six weeks after the US reached 1 million cases. 13,000 people have died in the last two weeks.
The novel strain of coronavirus, which can develop into a respiratory illness known as COVID-19, was discovered in Wuhan, China, in late 2019 and has spread worldwide. As of Thursday, more than 7.3 million people have tested positive and over 416,000 have died worldwide and nearly 3.5 million have recovered.
The US has seen the highest number of cases and deaths. Brazil has the second highest number of confirmed cases -- over 772,000 -- while the UK has recorded the second highest number of deaths at more than 41,000. A vaccine may not arrive until 2021.
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