Sunday saw new daily records in the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the U.S. According to the Covid Tracking Project, there were 176,771 new COVID-19 cases reported Sunday, with 101,497 new hospitalizations — both daily records. The U.S. also posted a new record seven-day average of daily deaths, with 2,171. That’s an average of 1.5 deaths every minute from COVID-19. Sunday also saw a record number of tests, with 1,634,532. Since last week, there have been 14,859 COVID-19 related deaths reported, with five days over the 2,000 mark.
Pandemic numbers in the U.S. overall continue to head in the wrong direction. The U.S. has now reported over 100,000 cases every day for 32 consecutive days — more than a month — and over 200,000 daily cases for the last three consecutive days. In the last week, the U.S. has also reported more than 1.3 million COVID-19 cases, more than any other week on record. That means approximately 129 Americans are testing positive every minute. In the last month, the average number of daily cases has doubled, with the U.S. currently averaging over 186,793 new coronavirus cases every day, the highest the average has been since the beginning of the pandemic.
COVID-19 numbers
Here’s the latest data on COVID-19 coronavirus infections and deaths.
Latest reported numbers globally per Johns Hopkins University
Global diagnosed cases: 67,178,542
Global deaths: 1,537,975. The United States has the most deaths of any single country, with 282,345.
Number of countries/regions: at least 191
Total patients recovered globally: 43,191,968
Latest reported numbers in the United States per Johns Hopkins University
There are at least 14,761,732 reported cases in 50 states + the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. This is more than in any other country.
U.S. deaths: at least 282,345. New York State has the greatest number of reported deaths in the U.S., with 34,980.
U.S. total patients recovered: 5,624,444
U.S. total people tested: 204,063,869
The greatest number of reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is in California, with 1,368,237 confirmed cases out of a total state population of 39.51 million. This ranks third in the world after Maharashtra, India, which has 1,852,266 reported cases, and England, which has 1,479,097 reported cases. Texas is fourth, with 1,322,738 confirmed cases out of a total state population of 29 million.