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 Reuters data shows the pace of the pandemic in the United States has
quickened, with one million more new cases from just 8 days ago when
it hit 10 million, making it the fastest since the pandemic began.
This compares with 10 days it took to get from 9 to 10 million and
16 days it took to reach 9 million from 8 million cases.
The United States, hardest-hit by the coronavirus, crossed 10
million COVID-19 cases on November 8 and is reporting over 100,000
daily cases for the past 11 days straight.
The latest 7-day average, shows the United States is reporting more
than 144,000 daily cases and 1,120 daily deaths, the highest for any
country in the world.
Texas and California have reported the highest number of COVID-19
infections across the United States, together accounting for about
2.1 million cases or about 19% of the total cases since the pandemic
began, according to Reuters analysis.
As COVID-19 related hospitalizations continue to rise, crossing
69,000 on Saturday, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's top advisers
have stressed the need to control the pandemic, warning that local
healthcare systems are at a tipping point.
The Midwest remains the hardest-hit region based on the most cases
per capita with North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa and
Nebraska the top five worst-affected U.S. states.
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Illinois, which has emerged as the pandemic's new epicenter in the region as
well as across the country, reported a record 15,433 new cases on Friday, the
most of any state in a 24-hour period, surpassing the previous all-time high of
15,300 set by Florida in July.
Several states this week reimposed restrictions to curb the spread of the virus
across the nation. North Dakota became the latest state to require that face
coverings be worn in public, as it joins 39 other states this month in reporting
record daily jumps in new cases.
State governors urged residents to stay home as much as possible, including
Nevada Democrat Steve Sisolak, who said late on Friday that he became the fourth
governor to become infected with the virus.
The United States accounts for about 20% of more than 54 million global cases
and close to 19% of the 1.31 million deaths reported worldwide, according to a
Reuters tally.
(Reporting by Roshan Abraham and Seerat Gupta in Bengaluru; editing by Diane
Craft)
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