
On Thursday, the United States reported 104,976 new COVID-19 cases and 1,271 additional fatalities, all of which occurred over the past 24 hours.
In total, the United States has reported 13,245,589 COVID-19 cases and 269,520 coronavirus related fatalities.
The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 13.2 million infections and 269,520 fatalities, although India follows closely behind with 9.3 million cases and 135,734 deaths. As for the third-highest caseload and death toll, Brazil follows with 6.2 million cases and 171,497 deaths, Russia with 2.1 million cases and 38,062 deaths, and France with 2.1 million infections and 50,957 deaths.
The novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, on Dec. 31, 2019, and has infected more than 61 million individuals worldwide, resulting in over 1.4 million fatalities across 217 countries and territories.