
On Thursday, the United States reported 90,245 new COVID-19 infections and 843 additional fatalities, all of which occurred over the past 24 hours.
In total, the United States has reported 9,898,858 COVID-19 cases and 240,809 coronavirus related fatalities.
The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 9.8 million infections and 240,809 fatalities, although India follows closely behind with 8.4 million cases and 125,029 deaths. As for the third-highest case toll and death toll, Brazil follows with 5.6 million cases and 161,736 deaths, Russia with 1.7 million cases and 29,509 deaths, and France with 1.6 million cases and 39,037 coronavirus related deaths.
The novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, on Dec. 31, 2019, and has infected more than 48 million individuals worldwide, resulting in over 1.3 million fatalities across 216 countries and territories.