'Unstoppable Spread' 130,000 New COVID-19 Cases in the US

Over 100,000 New Cases Daily for a Week
Texas Surpasses 1 Million Total Cases

[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] The number of daily new COVID-19 cases in the United States has surpassed 130,000 for the first time ever.

Johns Hopkins University announced on the 11th (local time) that the number of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. on the 10th was 136,325.

Since exceeding 100,000 for the first time on the 4th, the number of new cases has remained above 100,000 for a week, and the scale of infections continues to grow. The cumulative number of cases has increased to 10.27 million. The cumulative death toll has also risen to 39,846.

Trends of new COVID-19 infections in the United States compiled by Johns Hopkins University (Source: Johns Hopkins University)

Texas has earned the dubious distinction of being the first single state to record 1 million cumulative infections.

Johns Hopkins University counted the cumulative infections in Texas at 1.01 million. Texas also reported 12,000 new infections the day before. This is similar in scale to the peak of COVID-19 infections in Texas last July.

Although Texas was the first to reach 1 million cumulative infections, California is also expected to surpass 1 million cases within the day. Recently, Texas overtook California to become the state with the highest number of COVID-19 infections in the U.S.

The cumulative number of infections in California is 991,000. Considering the 8,100 new infections reported the day before and the recent spread, surpassing 1 million cases within the day is virtually certain.

The rate of infection spread in California is lower compared to Texas. Last July, California recorded up to 15,000 new infections in a single day.

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