U.S. sets global daily record of over 1 million Covid cases
More than 1 million people in the U.S. were diagnosed with Covid-19 on Monday, a global daily record, the Guardian reported.
A total of 1.06 million people tested positive for the virus, a figure driven largely by the Omicron variant, data from Johns Hopkins University revealed.
Monday’s number is almost double the previous record of about 590,000 set four days ago, which itself was a doubling from the previous week.
The new daily tally brings the total number of cases confirmed in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic to 56,189,547. In total, the virus has caused 827,748 deaths across the country, according to CNBC.
JHU data shows that the states with the highest numbers of new confirmed cases per 100,000 people are Maryland, Alabama, Delaware, New Jersey and Ohio.