
On Friday, the United States reported 131,127 new COVID-19 cases and 1,100 additional fatalities, all of which occurred over the past 24 hours.
In total, the United States has reported 13,413,467 COVID-19 cases and 270,698 coronavirus related fatalities.
The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 13.4 million infections and 270,698 fatalities, although India follows closely behind with 9.3 million cases and 136,190 deaths. As for the third-highest caseload and death toll, Brazil follows with 6.2 million cases and 171,974 deaths, Russia with 2.2 million cases and 38,558 deaths, and France with 2.1 million infections and 51,914 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.