The United States became first country across the globe to cross the grim milestone of 10 million cases, according to a reuters tally. The country reported 100,762 new cases and and 453 new deaths Sunday, marking the fifth highest day of new cases since the pandemic began.
In the past 7 days, US has recorded more than 100,000 cases in 4 days. It is also the only country to log in 100,000 in single day.
The country is currently grappling from the third wave of covid-19 and the fall resurgence has brought record rise in cases. “We’re going to see these case numbers really start to explode,” former US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday.
More than 1 million cases have been recorded in the last 10 days which its the highest rate of infection since the coronavirus outbreak first emerged in the country.
The country saw the highest surge in covid-19 cases when it reported 131,420 COVID-19 cases on Saturday.
More than 237,000 Americans have lost their lives to COVID-19 since the pandemic first emerged in China in December last year.
Texas, which accounts for 10% of total U.S. cases, is the hardest-hit state and became the first to surpass a million coronavirus cases in the United States on Saturday.
New York, with over 33,000 deaths, remains the state with highest number of deaths and accounts for about 14% of total deaths in the country.
Meanwhile, President-elect Joe Biden, who fiercely attacked Trump administration for its handling of the pandemic, has announced to form a special task force to combat the virus.
The 12-member task force headed by former surgeon general Vivek Murthy and former Food and Drug Administration commissioner David Kessler will come into force after Biden takes over the White House administration in January.
In an another grim milestone related to the covid-19 pandemic, the global covid-19 tally has crossed 50 million mark as of Monday morning, John Hopkins University said.
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