
On Tuesday, the United States reported 53,944 new COVID-19 cases and 1,274 additional fatalities, all of which occurred over the past 24 hours.
In total, the United States has reported 21,406,995 COVID-19 cases and 363,397 coronavirus related fatalities.
The United States reported its first case of COVID-19 on January 20.
The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 21.4 million infections and 363,397 fatalities, although India trails behind with 10.3 million cases and 150,106 deaths. As for the third-highest caseload and death toll, Brazil follows with 7.7 million cases and 196,641 deaths, Russia with 3.2 million cases and 59,506 deaths, and the UK with 2.7 million infections and 76,305 deaths.
The novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, on Dec. 31, 2019, and has infected more than 86.5 million individuals worldwide, resulting in over 1.8 million fatalities across 218 countries and territories.