(Washington) The United States on Thursday passed the milestone of 4 million official cases of infection with the new coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, according to the count at 15 h 24 from Johns Hopkins University, which refers.
Posted on 23 July 2020 to 15 h 59
France Media Agency
The country has so far registered 4 005 414 infections. With more than 143 800 deaths, the United States is by far the most bereaved in the world in absolute terms, ahead of Brazil and the United Kingdom.
The milestone of 3 million cases was reached on July 8 in the country.
After having improved in late spring, the United States has for several weeks seen the epidemic on the rise, especially in the south and west of the country.
Texas, California, Alabama, Idaho and Florida each announced death records in 24 each Wednesday or Thursday hours. And more than 60 000 0 new daily cases have been registered across the country in the past nine days.
Epidemic models predict on average a national peak in the next four weeks, according to the University of Massachusetts, which aggregates models from around 20 research centers.