US COVID-19 New Cases Hit Record High of 88,000... Cumulative Total Reaches 9 Million

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[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] Johns Hopkins University reported on the 30th (local time) that the United States recorded 88,500 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the 29th.

The number of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. reached about 83,000 on the 24th, setting a record high, and just one week later, it set a new record again.

The cumulative number of COVID-19 patients in the U.S. also reached 9,007,300. It increased by 1 million in just 14 days after surpassing 8 million on the 16th of this month. This was the fastest increase of 1 million since COVID-19 began spreading seriously in the U.S. last March.

CNN, citing statistics from Johns Hopkins University, reported that the number of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. over the past week reached 536,131, the highest since the pandemic began.

The states where COVID-19 has recently spread prominently in the U.S. are Illinois and North Carolina. Both states are currently recording their highest number of new confirmed cases ever.

The situation in Italy, where large-scale COVID-19 outbreaks occurred in Europe, is also worsening day by day. Italian health authorities announced that the daily new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reached 30,184 on this day. This is the first time Italy’s daily confirmed cases have reached the 30,000 range.

Although the number of new infections has been declining recently, India’s cumulative number of infections surpassed 8 million this week.

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