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US COVID-19 cases top 1 million


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Published : 29 Apr 2020 08:12 PM | Updated : 07 Sep 2020 07:42 AM

The coronavirus cases in the US has exceeded 1 million with the death toll exceeding 57,000 on Tuesday, showed the latest data, reports AP. 

The country's number of COVID-19 cases topped 1 million Tuesday afternoon, reaching 1,002,498 as of 1:55 p.m. (1755 GMT), with a total of 57,266 deaths, according to the 

Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. 

New York remains the hardest-hit state, with 291,996 cases and 22,668 deaths, followed by New Jersey where 111,188 cases and 6,442 deaths have been reported. Other states with over 40,000 cases include Massa­chusetts, Illinois, California and Pennsylvania, according to the CSSE.