Coronavirus in the US surpasses another mark: more than 8.5 million cases and about 225,000 deaths
The mark of over 8.5 million cases was reached one day after the country broke its previous record for new cases in one day, with more than 85,000
WASHINGTON – The United States this Saturday reached the number of 8,571,711 confirmed cases of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and 224,771 deaths from the covid-19 disease, according to an independent count from Johns Hopkins University.
This balance at 6:24 pm local time PT is 88,973 more infections than on Friday and 906 more deaths.
The barrier of 8.5 million infections was surpassed in the United States a day after the country registered a new daily record of infections, with more than 85,000 new cases recorded on Friday.
The new spike in cases in the United States is particularly affecting the Midwest and the states across the Rocky Mountains.
Although New York is no longer the state with the highest number of infections, it continues to be the hardest hit in terms of deaths in the United States, with 33,418. In New York City alone, 23,963 people have died.
New York is followed in number of deaths by Texas (17,774), California (17,319), Florida (16,417) and New Jersey (16,281).
Other states with a large death toll are Massachusetts (9,830), Illinois (9,751), Pennsylvania (8,636), Georgia (7,766) or Michigan (7,484).
In terms of infections, California has 900,687, Texas follows with 878,601, Florida is third with 776,251 and New York is fourth with 491,771.
The provisional death toll -224,771 – far exceeds the lower limit of the initial estimates of the White House, which in the best of cases projected between 100,000 and 240,000 deaths from the pandemic.
For its part, the Institute for Health Metrics and Assessments (IHME) of the University of Washington, whose models for predicting the evolution of the pandemic are often set by the White House, estimates that by the end of the year the United States will reach the 315,000 deceased and by February 1 to 385,000.
